A beautiful, fragile, quietly defiant new lo-fi folk number about vulnerability in an uneasy world by the revered Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter, heralding her upcoming new album Temple Songs, out on 14 August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. The accompanying video was made by Veirs filmed while on tour in France.
As she explains: “This song comes from a feeling of being existentially unmoored in a dark, uncertain moment. I kept circling the same questions: how do I stay grounded? How do I feel like I’m doing some real good, nudging things–even slightly–in a better direction? At its core, the song wrestles with restlessness–how hard it is to find true rest when the world keeps us in a constant state of unease. There’s also a thread of ‘No Masters’ running through it, which shows up across the album. I’m reaching for a world shaped more by freedom and love than by greed and fear, and all the ways those forces show up in daily life: hollow work, vast inequality, systems that feel too big to push against, and the steady backdrop of violence and conflict.”
To explore and enjoy more by Laura Veirs, see also the other embedded links below as well as her Bandcamp page.
I was flying into darkness
Through the midnight air
Didn't know where
But I was going there
Stars all around me
And the planets beamed
Messages from epochs
Wasn't listening
I had "Once in a Lifetime"
On repeat
Hurtling through space
With my metal wings
Were the Northern Lights
Cradling my head
When will I be grounded?
When I'm dead?
Is there a place I can go
Where I can be myself?
Is there a song I'll sing
That I'll never sell?
Every restless soul
Every one of us
What are we doing?
When can we rest
When can we rest
Turn to love
Turn to the earth
Turn to each other
Turn to rebirth
No more masters
No more greed
Planting evil
Seed after seed
Every restless soul
Every one of us
Is there a place we can go
Where we can trust?
I was flying into darkness
In the midnight air
Didn't know where
But I was going there
Is there a place I can go
Where I can be myself?
Is there a song I'll sing
That I'll won't sell?
Every restless soul
Every one of us
What are we doing?
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
When can we rest
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