Telling Stories
from Take One by South of North
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about
In it's most literal interpretation this song is about a camping trip.
In it's most figurative and existential interpretation it could be about whatever you want it to be about.
It could be about dragons.
Yeah.
Dragons.
Think about that.
In it's most figurative and existential interpretation it could be about whatever you want it to be about.
It could be about dragons.
Yeah.
Dragons.
Think about that.
lyrics
I am not much more than this pile of broken bones
That we found on the side of the road
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
With a broken home
No I am not much more...
I am not much more than the wind at our backs
As we walk through the fields as we make our own tracks
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
With empty hands
No I am not much more...
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause our parents stopped telling stories
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause we're afraid of the dark
No I am not much more than the blackflies on my collar
As we walk through the forest in the footsteps of our fathers
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
Sick from the water
No I am not much more...
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause our parents stopped telling stories
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause we're afraid of the dark
I am not much more than the ripples in the stream
That runs beneath the overpass where we could meet
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
With calloused feet
No I am not much more...
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause our parents stopped telling stories
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause we're afraid of the dark
That we found on the side of the road
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
With a broken home
No I am not much more...
I am not much more than the wind at our backs
As we walk through the fields as we make our own tracks
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
With empty hands
No I am not much more...
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause our parents stopped telling stories
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause we're afraid of the dark
No I am not much more than the blackflies on my collar
As we walk through the forest in the footsteps of our fathers
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
Sick from the water
No I am not much more...
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause our parents stopped telling stories
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause we're afraid of the dark
I am not much more than the ripples in the stream
That runs beneath the overpass where we could meet
Would you love me as I am if I came to you
With calloused feet
No I am not much more...
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause our parents stopped telling stories
So we sing ourselves to sleep
Cause we're afraid of the dark
credits
from Take One,
released November 30, 2012
Written and recorded by Zola McAdie.
Produced by Kevin Cook
Written and recorded by Zola McAdie.
Produced by Kevin Cook
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South of North Ontario
Smooth finger picking and percussive guitar rhythms reinforce illustrative lyrics, making you cry with one line and laugh
with the next.
A vibrant and emotive singer, troubadour South of North is a new face in Canadian Folk Music. He brings a fresh perspective founded in folk music’s traditional roots and Toronto’s indie/alternative flare.
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discography
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Nov 2013 -
Nov 2012
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