Name: I've Always Known
Duration: P00H03M43S
Description: The second of our quarantine recordings from 2020.

I've Always Known

by The Wydelles

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The second of our quarantine recordings from 2020.

lyrics

The party's over, I'm sorry friends
He found an old guitar
He's in that mood again
A dog alone on a ship lost at sea
Idly strumming C-Am-C he sings

'When I die I want my tombstone to read
'Here lies some carbon that learned how to sing
'Or the ground beneath you used to walk and breath
'Turned into a man who used to love him a drink'

I've always known
How the ending would go
I've always known

The dad was pacing in the yard with his son
He tried to speak but the words wouldn't come
When they did they poured out and he cried
'I can't live forever son I've tried and I've tried'

He said 'You expect far too much from me
'An animal cursed with the power of speech
'What can I do? How can I make you see?
'I'm mostly water, there's no deeper me.'

I've always known
How the ending would go
I've always known

Little birds make shadows on the land
The small thoughts of a small man

The crowd was thinning in friendly goodbyes
Guitar still in hand and a drink in his eye
The face had shifted, a grimace or grin,
A dog on the foredeck leaning into the wind

credits

released October 2, 2020
Bo Bedingfield: acoustic and vox
Brandon Reynolds: bass
John Neff: pedal steel
Matt Lane: drums
Philip McArdle: electric guitar

This song was tracked in our homes then mixed by David Barbe and mastered by Jason NeSmith at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, GA.

Words by Bo Bedingfield
Music by Bo Bedingfield, Brandon Reynolds, John Neff, Matt Lane, and Philip McArdle

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