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Too Far To Swim

by Rosie May

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1.
Oh what should I do with this empty shell of mine As empty as the hands that swing at my side And what should I do with this watch here of mine When reading the hands only seems to slow the time And what should I be with so little left of me When over there is you and all the rest of me Well I could be the maid that wishes away the days But time spent waiting isn't my time wasted And what should I do when everything is cut My heart may be halved by you but broken I am not And what should be done when all I have is none I will not crawl inside the shell I have become And what should I do with this empty shell of mine? Listen to it closely and hear it singing softly
2.
Pray it isn't too far to swim Over the ebbing waves The tide takes its toll on the ones who deny it rolls With your feet in the sand Your last moment to stand In the swell of never knowing her land Before you an ocean And too much devotion To not swim for her hand No one ever told you How far it would be And no one could have known How vast the sea Before you an ocean And in this new notion You run, jump in the sea Overcome the odds and the oceans And you might find what's worth swimming for
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Lost At Sea 03:46
I am lost at sea Yet it carries me Over to the shores I have longed to see There is no North to South On Ocean's mighty mouth He'll navigate me fairly I have no doubt Far from the woods I couldn't stand in Far is that now foreign land I am lost at sea Yet it carries me Far adrift I wander anciently But give me not a sail My arms will prevail And to you I shall roll with the shadows of the whales Far are the woods I long to stand in Far is my dear foreign land Where my lover waits on golden sands He waits with open hands And if you find my bones Washed up on their own Deserted on the sands I longed to know Then I have met my grave Beneath a hundred waves So please don't keep me Please don't, please don't keep me Just throw me back in Throw me back in Throw me back in To the waves Throw me back in Oh throw me back in Back into the waves My water grave
4.
'Eat our heart out, Alison Krauss. We normally give preference to original material here at Fresh On The Net, but this famous traditional song (which even has its own Wikipedia entry) is just a killer, and this is simply the best rendition I’ve ever heard. Whoever Rosie May may be, she gets top marks for this astounding slice of close-harmony acapella.' - Tom Robinson The water is wide, I can-not get over And neither have I, wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I A ship there is and she sails the seas She's loaded deep, as deep can be But not so deep as the love I'm in And I know not how, to sink or swim

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"Eat your heart out, Alison Krauss ... this famous traditional song [The Water is Wide] is just a killer, and this rendition is simply the best I’ve ever heard."

- Tom Robinson

"A concept record built around imagery of the sea, and the idea of a trans-Atlantic relationship, Too Far To Swim, has a folk-rock sound similar to that of Laura Marling.
These songs were made for each other, to work together, and they do so perfectly. They fit together in a cohesive way that many groups struggle to find."

- My Folking Heart


"A voice as beautiful as this, paired with faultless folk backdrop that you can dance, cry, and be inspired by is something rare and wonderful."

- AudioAddict Magazine


"Rosie May’s harmonies are faultless and transfixing; expect goosebumps, shivers and fits of anger that your voice will never sound that beautiful in that many different ways."

- God is in the TV


Each digital download features bonus items of Too Far To Swim hi-res posters, photographed and designed by Zachary Hock.

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credits

released August 4, 2012

Rosie May - vocals, guitar
Josh Law - bass
Albert Hockin - drums

All songs written by Rosie May, excluding The Water Is Wide; traditional folk song. All lyrics by Rosie May. Engineered, mixed and mastered in February/March 2012, by Jackson Dimiglio-Wood.

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Rosie May England, UK

Gloomy pastoral artist from Somerset, who weaves narratives of folklore, nature and folk horror into her soundscapes. New music coming soon.

Also one half of Gloom Index.

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