Track on Tuesday: The Water

Album: Been Listening

Artist: Johnny Flynn (feat. Laura Marling)

Genre: Folk

Label: Thirty Tigers

Released: 25 October 2010

My Review: The Water is a track I came to because I am a massive (and I mean massive) Laura Marling fan. I think that she is by far one of the greatest folk writers out there today and every time I've had the chance to see her live she has delivered a wonderful performance, so when I found out that she had done a duet with Johnny Flynn (whom Marcus Mumford has cited as a major influence) I couldn't wait to feast my ears, and feast my ears I did. This is such a lovely track. Although I feel like Johnny Flynn gets a little deep, and has a tendency to wax poetic with his lyrics, I feel like this song really is one of the most beautiful and relaxing songs in the universe.

All that I have is a river
The river is always my home
Lord, take me away
For I just cannot stay
Or I’ll sink in my skin and my bones

The water sustains me without even trying
The water can’t drown me, I’m done
With my dying

Please help me build a small boat
One that’ll ride on the flow
Where the river runs deep
And the larger fish creep
I’m glad of what keeps me afloat

The water sustains me without even trying
The water can’t drown me, I’m done
With my dying

Now deeper the water I sail
And faster the current I’m in
That each night brings the stars
And the song in my heart
Is a tune for the journeyman’s tale

The water sustains me without even trying
The water can’t drown me, I’m done
With my dying

Now the land that I knew is a dream
And the line on the distance grows faint
So wide is my river
The horizon a sliver
The artist has run out of paint

The water sustains me without even trying
The water can’t drown me, I’m done
With my dying

Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the big yellow sun leads me home
I’m everywhere now
The way is a vow
To the wind of each breath by and by

The water sustains me without even trying
The water can’t drown me, I’m done
With my dying