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'The Water' is the new single from Johnny Flynn, and it's a duet with Laura Marling. Released on November 1st, it comes from Flynn's most recent album 'Been Listening'. Check out this acoustic performance video, shot in Marling's back garden.
Transcript
00:00Lucky.
00:02Okay.
00:17All that I have is a river.
00:23The river is always my home.
00:28Lord, take me away, for I just cannot stay.
00:35I'll sink in my skin and my bones.
00:41The water sustains me without even trying.
00:47The water can't drown me undone with my dying.
01:01Please help me build a small boat.
01:08One little ride on the floor where the river runs deep and the larger fish creep.
01:19I'm glad of what keeps me afloat.
01:24The water sustains me without even trying.
01:31The water can't drown me undone with my dying.
01:45Now deeper the water I sail, and faster the current I'm in, but each night brings the stars, and a
02:02song in my heart is the tune for the journeyman's tale.
02:08The water sustains me without even trying.
02:16The water can't drown me undone with my dying.
02:24Now the land that I knew is a dream, and the line of distance grows faint.
02:37So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver, the artist has run out of pain.
02:51Where the blue of the sea meets the sky, and the bigger sun leads me home.
03:03The water can't drown me undone with my dying.
03:05I'm everywhere now, the way is a vow to the wind of each breath by and by.
03:15The water sustains me without even trying.
03:23The water can't drown me undone with my dying.
03:31still turning my dying.
03:33still turning my F производ
03:50still turning my F weights
03:52still playing
03:57Good.
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