Name: That's Why the Wind Blows
Duration: P00H03M31S
Description: Based around a country style guitar riff, this song explores the relationship between a schizophrenic and their internal voice.

That's Why the Wind Blows

from The Song is Everything by James Wakeling and the Brothers in Law

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 AUD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Based around a country style guitar riff, this song explores the relationship between a schizophrenic and their internal voice.

lyrics

That's Why the Wind Blows

Well hold on,
‘Cause I’ve got something to say Won’t be long,
I’m only minutes away
You’ve been running in circles like a watch wound up tight
A fire that’s burning or a cat taken fright Nothing’s wrong
May be a game that we play

If I’m real
The voice that’s inside your head What’s the deal?
Just hanging on by a thread Everything sounds so oblique and absurd
Serving it up in a salad of words How’d you feel?
Better off staying in bed

Follow me down
Why don’t you follow me down? Deep underground that’s where the grass grows
Listen to me
Why don’t you listen to me? But watch out
That’s why the wind blows

Flying low
Everything looks really small
To and fro
And watching bugs as they crawl
I counted one flying east, I counted one flying west
And you flying over the cuckoo’s nest So let go, and fly right over that wall

I think you thought you had it
under control
Now you’re slippin’ and sliddin’ down the rabbit hole
So let go
It never hurts as you fall

© JAMESONGS 2016

credits

from The Song is Everything, released August 1, 2020
JAMES WAKELING: VOCAL, BACKING VOCAL, RHYTHM GUITAR, LEAD GUITAR | TIM NIKOLSKY: BASS GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR | DANIEL BERRY: DRUMS

license

about

James Wakeling Melbourne, Australia

contact / help

Contact James Wakeling

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like James Wakeling, you may also like:

Invitation
by Michele Stodart

Michelle Stodart’s folk music captures hope in melancholy, addressing the transformational aspects of the most challenging times. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2023
go to album
The Edge of the Land
by Katie Spencer

Spencer's indie folk sophomore album was recorded live in the studio over the course of two days. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2022
go to album
such bad things happen
by Levi Fuller & the Library

Turbulent indie rock from Levi Fuller & the Library that has the snarl of hardcore and the knotty meter of math rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 13, 2018
go to album
Sorry I'm So Sensitive
by Bea Stewart

The second EP from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bea Stewart runs from gentle folk to pillowy pop ballads, all perfectly executed. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 15, 2024
go to album
Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
by José González

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 29, 2023
go to album
Onliness (songs of solitude & singularity)
by Josienne Clarke

Folk artist Josienne Clarke revisits music from her back catalog, infusing these lonesome songs with a new luminosity and drive. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2023
go to album
Once Upon A Time In Montréal
by Murray A. Lightburn

The folk artist explores grief through these smooth and soulful tracks. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 31, 2023
go to album