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Bed of a River

by Kelly McFarling

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1.
Corridor 04:06
When I was old enough I saw the curve of my skull so typical holding a vision still unseen rooted deciduous and green it was settling on a distant wing murmuration of what was still to come These are the mountains I have known minerals heavy, overgrown while there are emeralds blooming under the ridge we watched it rolling motionless like the settling of a tightened string vibration of what was still to come Salt right from the earth I can taste it on the tailwind blowing all of its worth from the length that we are going and the color of it all I can see from here is golden We were surrounded by the land watching a wilderness within both of our feet in the river pushing towards rounding out slow motion corridors Salt right from the earth I can taste it on the tailwind blowing all of its worth from the length that we are going and the color of it All I can see from here is golden Following a river is another mirror looking to see clearer following a river is another mirror following a river
2.
Winter Fruit 03:56
Something blooming out of place flowers open anyways looking for the closest thing with a pink moon rising what we know of hanging ghosts scattered on the summer coast is the vapor on the sea settling down or exploding I don't know how its gonna be everything is just practicing oh the next time that we meet will I see and you see me Morning pages on the vine oysters soaking in their brine remnant ashes on a wing carrion crows are gathering I became a winter fruit sun got locked up in the juice bright the citrus of my skin the radiator rattling I don't know how its gonna be everything is just practicing for the next time that we meet when I see you and you see me
3.
The way I see it I was the bed of a river in the spring beneath the surface stones rolling with every heavy rain grinding it out tumbling water and gravity the way I see it these are two things that I can believe The slow drift the reveal I was walking on the inside of surreal you've got a predatory drift you've got a galaxy of tender moons I've got a heart in orbit all of the things that I love are imperfect The slow drift the reveal I was walking on the inside of surreal
4.
Open 04:45
5.
Her's 03:59
Well it must have been amazing when you first heard it come to rise how thrilling and simple the sound of your life spent a couple nights listening Laura Palmer was a missing thing but the moment when you found each other you both knew that it was meant to be and I never got to see it the way it once was but I'll listen from the future to the sound of your love so sweet her invitation so sweet the whole world at your feet to mile mark 68 When I saw you both drop in the rhythm into the arms of the crowd well you move it such a sweetness truly friendship out loud so sweet her invitation so sweet the whole world at your feet And I never got to see it the way it once was but I'll listen from the future to the sound of your love The way it once was the way it once was what once was
6.
Skeletons 03:36
The fog was lifting under open and a web was reaching from the house to the redwood tree last night came spinning teeth were tender from the many meetings sisters and skeletons The first thing that I always notice the way your hands show nails laying in their beds Tell me about all the love you found show me around tell me about all the love you found give it a sound And now I see you every morning when the webs are reaching across my face again You could not hold me like a moment I was just reaching for the house under redwood trees Tell me about all the love you found show me around tell me about all the love you found give it a sound
7.
Time Traveller I recognize the feeling the silver in your hair you try concealing We've been to different edges of a circle I sit across and lean upon your table I know what grows in your yard I hope that it won't be long October is a ringing bell I hear it the shoulder of a shadow long and tilted Time Traveller there's so much I am missing the century has turned each time we visit I know what grows in your yard my old friend, we share the stars
8.
Lineage 02:59
Even if there is a veil over our eyes there's a green I can't describe on a quilted ridgeline Even with all that is filling up our minds standing on the watered edge riding liquid lineage Oh all that is new what we need to color the view Oh all that is old taking us home only to roam We were listening while the moon came out in movements as the water peels below and its surface mirrors fold light alive having been so for so long as behind becomes ahead there's a question of which led Oh all that is new what we need to color the view Oh all that is old taking us home only to roam
9.
West 04:03
You came into my mind the other day you walked in after someone else's name and as you wandered out I realized that I only ever occupied your mind I followed you to mountains further west where you grew up and knew everyone else and I tried to make a home of your design but you only let me occupy your mind I found you in the fibers of my heart when I shook it out after we fell apart and once you filled the lungs between my sides but I only ever occupied your mind I know that I have let it go for good and sometimes things come up just like they should although I let you in so deep that time I only every occupied your mind You came into my mind the other day
10.
Arcs 04:41
From the valley new lines appeared and you said the coast is clear Letters forming out on the sea spelling spaces to walk between so much on the inside whenever the tide's low it comes to the surface because it is hollow spaces to walk between Don't forget the way it feels pulling back and what's revealed so much on the inside whenever the doors closed but on a blue morning we opened a window And we came out here for the water we came to watch it shatter spaces to walk between I'm already gone I'm already gone

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released November 11, 2022

Kelly McFarling — vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Andrew Brennan — electric, acoustic,
12-string guitar, vocals, percussion
Alan Parker — electric, acoustic, 12-string guitar
Cameron Ralston — bass
Pinson Chanselle — drums, percussion
Daniel Clarke — piano, synths
Tim Marcus — pedal Steel
Brittany Powers — vocals
Danny Vitali — bass, vocals on “Lineage”
Nick Cobbet — drums on “Lineage”
Jeremy Harris — keys on “Lineage”
All Songs written and arranged by Kelly McFarling and Andrew Brennan
Produced by Andrew Brennan, Kelly McFarling, and Matthew E. White
Mixed by Andrew Brennan
Recorded at Spacebomb studios in Richmond, VA, and at home in Bolinas, CA
Engineered by Alex DeJong
“Lineage” recorded at Panoramic Studio in Stinson Beach, CA,
with engineering by Jeremy Harris
Mastered by Eric Broyhill
Artwork by Lucia Dillman
Photo by Aubrey Trinnaman
Layout by Nicole Lavelle
© ℗ Kelly McFarling 2022 (BMI)
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Kelly McFarling is an Atlanta born, Bay Area based singer, songwriter. Her songs capture a palette forged of Georgia clay and California gold.

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