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Neat & Tidy

from Ancestor by the darkling air

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Written by Rachel McCarthy & Michael Keeney
Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Michael Keeney

lyrics

You and I we're cut from the same tree.
They polished you and painted over me.
You've got it all in alphabetically.
Neat and tidy.
You're a friend to everyone you know.
You are wholly unsurpassable,
And forbidden from the nasty falls that I have fallen on.

Picking up pieces that I have fallen on.
All these endeavours that I have fallen on.
Countless cold shoulders that I have fallen on.
Can one be loved if not neat and tidy?

As I seek to find the room to grow,
Beside your blossoming perpetual.
I have been planted under your shadow,
Neat and tidy.
I remain an ever reaching vine.
An inflorescence of a different kind,
Collecting all the pieces left behind that I have fallen on.

Picking up pieces that I have fallen on.
All these endeavours that I have fallen on.
Countless cold shoulders that I have fallen on.
Can one be loved if not neat and tidy?

credits

from Ancestor, track released November 8, 2019
Vocals & electric guitar: Rachel McCarthy
Piano, electro percussion and synths: Michael Keeney
Upright Bass: Conor McCreanor
Drums: Phil Wilkinson
Violin 1: Clare Hadwen
Violin 2: Maebh Martin
Viola: Richard Hadwen
Cello: Angus McCall
BVs: Caroline Baker, Katie Richardson, Ria Maguire & Rachel McCarthy

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the darkling air Northern Ireland, UK

When songwriter and vocalist Rachel McCarthy (Farriers) met composer and producer Michael Keeney (Foy Vance, Duke Special) while mixing a record in Donegal some years ago, a future collaboration was inevitable.

Expect ambient soundscapes and haunting vocals underpinned by guitar, piano and strings - The Darkling Air album launch promises exciting and beautiful new music. ... more

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