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birthday at the beach

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1.
wellspring 03:54
Back when we would pray and you felt you were safe I miss those days Back when we were told I know the plans I have, they're plans for hope I miss those days Your altar Like a wellspring Hands open like the libran scales Your altar To make me clean there I was And there's no getting back Back when everything broken it split straight down in half And the half that was broken spoke in tongues of the soul Floating there by my moving mouth I miss those days Your altar Like a wellspring Hands open as in welcome (veni sancte spiritus) Your altar To make me clean Lost my mind to peace There I was And there's no getting back
2.
I had the thought to move out of town Thought that all these hills would change me Thought that all that green could wash out the blue Thought that I could find someone who'd love me I had the thought to bury my head Just to work and save while I'm here Thought that if I'm happy in myself Maybe I could find someone who'd love me This place is beautiful Here's me driving home By the curve of the lake I guess I gotta wait I had the thought to move out of town Find another room in another flat Fall in with new friends and the kind of routine Maybe I could find someone who'd love me I had the thought to bury my head That a simple life would do me Take the advice that's been hanging on my bathroom door All this time, to find someone who'd love me This place is beautiful Here's me driving home By the curve of the lake I guess I gotta wait
3.
I'm in the same mood today as I was on my birthday at the beach Here's a boy at the water, waves crash on his toes Big smile from his mother, big smile from the boy I smile but it reminds me I'm alone Here's a man and a woman, with their backs to the sun Though they lie saying nothing I can see their bodies touch Pay no mind to people watching they're in love I'm in the same mood today as I was on my birthday Time now to go home I think it's time to just be alone
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All the folks by the lake Hands run, hands running through hair here to drink it down What do I gotta do For a friend? What do i gotta do to find where you are? My body aches this ain't the job for me My glass is half full My smile is stuck on sideways Yellow leaved carnival All here to drink it down What do I gotta do For a friend? What do I gotta do to find where you are?
5.
How do I keep this loneliness at bay? Some nights I go out looking for a friend Hoping to find someone if just till the morning Some nights I stay in looking for relief Let it be there at the bottom of my drink. How do I keep this loneliness at bay? Some nights I stay in stare at a screen Or at this blank page making fun of me Some nights I go out because you've got to put yourself out there You're still young you should be having fun A girl like you It will happen when you least expect it This Sunday kind of love and I suspect that It will feel so easy, just keep doing what you do I'm sure it's going to happen for a girl like you.

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Produced by Tom Healy and Catherine Walker at The Lab Studios Mt Eden.

All songs by the low low.
Painting Caspar used with permission by Kate Bedford
katebedford-paintings.com

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released December 5, 2017

Catherine Walker - Vocals, Piano, Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar
Cass Mitchell - Bass, Synth
Adam Tobeck - Drums
Tom Healy - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar and Effects
Benjamin Morley - Backing Vocals (Wellspring)
Michael Hunter - First Violin
Emily Allen - Second Violin
Neil Shepherd - Viola
Robin Snape - Cello

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the low low Auckland, New Zealand

Harking to the incisive alt-pop of St. Vincent, the plaintive 60s-influenced melodies of Harry Nilsson, and the inventive vocal work of Kate Bush, The Low Low brings an buoyant, off-kilter approach to classic pop.

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