We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Blades of Grass (2021) - Single

by The Magic Lantern

/

about

Blades of Grass is a joyful song for a desperate time that celebrates our unavoidable human fragility and wild need for companionship. It is the second single to be taken from my fourth album 'A Reckoning Bell'. It examines the beauty and freedom that come from the emotional honesty of life’s toughest moments.

Lyrically ‘Blades of Grass’ is presented as a set of statements each starting with the repetition of the phrase ‘Let it be known’, which like fragments of a jigsaw imply the outline of hard truths learnt. The simple formality of the structure belying the weight it carries.

I hope it can be useful for you.

All love

Jamie x

lyrics

Let it be known
I cry a lot
Let it be known
I’m stronger for to feel

Let it be known
The heart’s a boat
Let it be known
That love’s a fisherman

Let it be known
If this is all there is
Then let it be known
Then that’s enough for me
Enough for me, yes
That’s enough for me

Let it be known
I’m scared to stop
Let it be known
That silence swallows me

Let it be known
That youth’s a stone Let it be known
Just skipping out to sea
Let it be known

It’s a long migration home
So let it be known
We sleep upon the wing
Upon the wing, yes
We sleep upon a silver wing

Let it be known
That life’s a blade of grass
So let it be known
The wind blows right through you
The wind blows right through you
It’s blowing right through you

Let it be known
That hope’s a wild thing
So let it be known
It fights to find a way
It finds a way yeah
It fights to find a way

I’ll be right here
When you’re ready

credits

released August 6, 2021
Written by Jamie Doe
Produced by Chris Hyson
Engineered and mixed by Alex Killpartrick with additional engineering by Alex and Lloyd Haines
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios

Performed by:
Vocals and acoustic guitar - Jamie Doe
Piano - Matt Robinson
Bass and Synths - Chris Hyson
Drums - Lloyd Haines
Electric Guitar - Alex Haines
Bass clarinet - Zac Gvirtzman
Backing vocals - Rhia Parker, Campbell Sibthorpe and Zac Gvirtzman

Huge thanks to PRS for Music and their support for this single through the 'Open Fund'.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Magic Lantern London, UK

The Magic Lantern is the musical moniker of singer-songwriter Jamie Doe

His fourth album 'A Reckoning Bell' written and recorded while helping to care for his father with Alzheimers disease, see's The Magic Lantern exploring what loss can teach us about love and how love's small acts give a life meaning.

His new album is due for release in October.
... more

shows

contact / help

Contact The Magic Lantern

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

The Magic Lantern recommends:

If you like The Magic Lantern, you may also like: