Rope made of hair

from This Song May Save You by Scarlet Starlings

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How do you celebrate nostalgic moments? Does the music you love bring back memories from your past?

Keepsakes can give meaning to our lives now, but they can also tie us to our old selves - does this have it's dark side? Rope made of hair examines the threads that bind us to our past, exploring whether or not ‘nostalgia’ is a useful tool for remembrance, or a chain that prevents us from moving on.

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Rope made of hair

Build me a bridge
Make me a rope of hair
Here’s a house in a tree
God, how I want to live here
And all your dreams have come to this
There is nothing I would miss

Hoe me a field
Reap me a pack of lies
Scythe me a harvest of surprise
Button tokens to pay your fare
Don’t you know, I’ll always be there?

Jumpy footage of your youth
Skipping stones, gap in tooth
Feather pathways line the way
Soft as down to ease your way

La, la, la…

Tie me a noose made of dandelions
Bake me a loaf full of butterflies
Take my eyes, replace them with stones
Fill my mouth with dust to stop my moans

Jumpy footage of your youth
Skipping stones, gap in tooth
Feather pathways line the way
Soft as down to ease your way

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from This Song May Save You, released March 10, 2023
SARA-MAE SCOTT NEE TUSON
Songwriter/arrangements, vocals, synth

MICHAEL DESMOND SCOTT
Arrangements, backing vocals, guitar

SCOTT FITZGERALD
Producer/mixing engineer, organ, piano

KHALID HAM
Bass

DANNY GREEN
Drums

MIKE SIDDELL
Violins

JOHN NICHOLLS
Guitars

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Scarlet Starlings is an alternative folk band made up of cousins, siblings and friends.

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