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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Limited edition of CDs in cardboard sleeves, decorated by hand and designed by the artist.
Includes unlimited streaming of swan songs
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about
Soaring, ethereal and moving, i’m the thorn is a duet of voices and synthesisers evolving in streams of interlocking melodies, underscored by the faint echo of sparse jangly guitars.
Both expansive and minimal in its production, the track revolves around the metaphor “i’m the thorn in your side and you’re in mine” and meditates over the spoils of an unhealthy relationship. It’s about feeling liberated by distancing oneself and still sensing a bond with that person through the mutual wounds inflicted.
It was conflicting to feel comforted by it and the song tries to express the dichotomy of that feeling.
lyrics
I wait for your song
To calm
I wait for your song
Your swan song
But you’re not goin’ anywhere, baby
And you’re crazy
And I know
Wanted you to save me
Now I’ve saved me
And I did it alone
Oh
But you’re with me
I’m the thorn in your side and you’re in mine
I’m the thorn in your side and oh you’re mine
You’re keeping it, baby
You’re crazy
And I know
Wanted you to save me
You’re with me,
I know
Wanted you to save me
I’m the thorn in your side and you’re in mine
I’m the thorn in your side and oh you’re mine
credits
from swan songs,
track released July 12, 2023
Written, performed and produced by Francesca Brierley a.k.a. heka
Mixed by Luciano Rossi
ATMOS by Lorenzo Burgio at Octopus Garden Studios, London
Mastered by Dan Duszynski at Dandysounds. Austin, TX
Dearest Arooj, firstly thank you. My brother died this year n what can be said about such loss n sadness. I saw n heard you at The end of the Road in England. I spent many years in India n love all the music, poetry of your heritage. Thankyou Arooj❤️ ben1769
