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We Come In The Wind

by John Spillane

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This song is based on the 3 Imramma or Wonder Voyages of Irish Literature; The Voyage of Bran, The Voyage of Maeldun and The Voyage of St. Brendan. It’s like my version of ‘Been Through the Desert on a Horse With no Name’ with no desert, no horses, only a load of water, islands and boats. It’s a dream journey.

I love these stories, especially Bran and the Silver Branch and Maeldun. I spent a whole summer writing the verses for this fairy tale number about the journey through the islands, but it was the night I played in Abbeyfeale and I was waiting to go on in the Glorach Theatre and I was sitting in a theatre set with a bookshelf and I said I’d pick a random book and blindly pick a line and I did and it said ‘Go tell my lady’ and I put that in the song. Driving home I came out with the chorus ‘We come in the Wind, We Leave in the Wind’. I only say this because these are the best moments of life, things like this.

There is a penny drop vibe in this song, in the chorus, the band have seen it, I’ve felt it, it’s when people go from thinking it’s about a sweet dream to this is about birth and death.

lyrics

Only once upon a silver moon we sailed for seven summers
Through many dreamlike islands in the dark blue sea
The Island of the Promises, the Island of the Women
The Island of the Longing, the Island of the Strong
Once upon a silver moon we sailed

We come in the wind, we leave in the wind
We come in the wind, we leave in the wind
Go tell my lady, go tell my love
We sail with the tide

We raised a sail and following the wind of seven winters
We went for the west, we went for the Land of Promise
For the Land of the Fair, the Island of the Apple Trees
The Island of the Pleasures, the laughing and the mocking
Where we left one friend behind
Then we raised one silver sail and we climbed

We come in the wind, we leave in the wind
We come in the wind, we leave in the wind
Go tell my lady, go tell my love
We sail with the tide

And found ourselves adrift under a sky of endless velvet
Blue and the stars and the stars, a million trillion galaxies
Sailing for eternity, and the stars
And endless choirs of angels fill the midnight air
With the phosphorescence of their radiant prayer
And a paradise of birds,
And the ravens in the dark, and the radiance of the moon
Just once upon a silver moon we sailed

We come in the wind, we leave in the wind
We come in the wind, we leave in the wind
Go tell my lady, go tell my love
We sail with the tide

Only once upon a silver moon we sailed for seven seasons
Through many dreamlike islands in the dark blue sea

credits

released February 19, 2021
All songs written and composed by John Spillane IMRO MCPS except Billy In The Sky written by John Spillane and John Reynolds PRS.

Produced by John Reynolds at New Aer Studios Studios, London 2018 - 2020

John Spillane’s Lapwing Nation are John Spillane, Pauline Scanlon and John Reynolds.

Musicians.
John Spillane - Vocals, Spanish Guitar (Rodriguez) Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Ebow.
Pauline Scanlon - Voice.
John Reynolds - Drums, Programming.
Clare Kenny - Fender Jazz Bass Guitar.
Graham Kearns - Electric Guitar.
Julian Wilson - Hammond Organ.

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John Spillane is a musician, songwriter, performer, storyteller, poet and dreamer. Rooted in people, place and story, his music transports the listener and his live performances captivate audiences around the world. After 20 years, John is set to release his first independent release; 100 Snow White Horses.

Recorded in London with producer John Reynolds and singer Pauline Scanlon. ... more

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