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lyrics

A satellite spinning in January sand
Burying the hatchet and hiding your hands
In the dancing detritus you argue with ghosts
And phone-film a coffee cup float down the coast
Never forlorn, you’re holding your own
Wash your face in the tide and thumb a lift home

It’s cleaned by the ocean
Cleaned by the ocean
It’s cleaned by the ocean sometimes

A collection of notebooks you’ve been stealing for years
A thieving of language sketched out on the pier
In buried handwriting, illegible print
You ran into the library, threw up down the sink
And I didn’t think to ask you, it didn’t seem right
Rolled up in linen, thrown over the side

And it’s cleaned by the ocean
Cleaned by the ocean
It’s cleaned by the ocean in time

In 2007, running into the waves
We were freezing our balls off and singing in caves
Your father had died and work was a joke
So we ran to the coast before something else broke
Fuck ‘em all, Donnie, they don’t know you that way
Wash your face in the tide, fall asleep in the bay.

And it’s cleaned by the ocean
Cleaned by the ocean
It’ll be cleaned by the ocean someday

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from Goodnight, Lad, released May 3, 2024

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“…a tremendous rootsy collision of Americana and folk influences that bodes incredibly well for their forthcoming album.” - FOLK RADIO UK

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“...emotional and songwriting maturity”
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“...phenomenal energy and great songwriting.”
-TOM ROBINSON, BBC 6 MUSIC
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