Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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The original version of this song is found on the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words", out now - emilybarker.com/a-dark-murmuration-of-words

From the EP "A Dark Murmuration of Strings", recorded live at The Cavern in Exeter for "Music Feeds", with string arrangements by Joe Duddell performed by Carducci String Quartet.

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I woke up and forgot the myths
That bind our past to this
That lead us blindly
To circle in slow motion

Time is my decaying note
Once sung, once left your throat
No other offering
Worth more than this gift

One foot behind the other, never looking back
Echoes on a sonogram

Smarter than we hope we think
Bring bodies close to the brink
Wear different costumes
Tell the same old stories

Helpless in the wake of time
Vaulting from earth to sky
We’re cells and water
Like every living thing

One foot behind the other, never looking back
Echoes on a sonogram

I woke up and forgot the myths
That bind our past to this
That lead us blindly
To circle in slow motion

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