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Which Way The Wind Blows

from Lamplighter by Tommy Ashby

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The deep pool on the river I used to swim in as a kid has disappeared, the banks have eroded and the river has shifted it’s course. Some of this is natural, the river always runs the easiest route. But the rivers back home are flooding more often these days, seasons are shifting, and the animals that live there are struggling to keep pace.

The main idea in this song is that there are certain things in life that we can influence and others that are totally beyond our control. I spend a lot of time worrying about things that I can’t impact, which I think takes time and space away from things that I can. I’ve been volunteering on my local river recently; helping put in flow deflectors and pick up all the rubbish, hoping to remove the silt and improve the habitat for fish spawning and habitat restoration.

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The river’s on the rise, the cold is biting,
Spring is hard to find these days,
We’re slowly losing sight, in the violence,
Will we get it right this time around?

You say you’ve thought about it,
Flowers don’t grow in the shadows,
You’re not a failure, you can’t help,
Which way the wind blows.

I still see a spark in the darkness of the night,
Maybe it’s the start of something new,

You say you’ve thought about it,
Flowers don’t grow in the shadows,
You’re not a failure, you can’t help,
Which way the wind blows.

If I’m a boat, you’re the sail,
Turn my bow towards the gale,
If I’m a leaf then you’re the tree,
Hold you’re arm out, keep hold of me,
If I’m a kite, lost on the wind,
Hold the line, when I’m spiralling,
No way to know the way home,
But I don’t care I’ll go where the wind blows

Where the wind blows,
Where the wind blows,
Where the wind blows,
(I’m not lost)
Where the wind blows,
(I just don’t know where I am)
Where the wind blows,
Where the wind blows.

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from Lamplighter, released March 3, 2023
Written: Tommy Ashby
Produced and Mixed: Sam Okell
Mastered: Felix Davis

Drums: Toby Couling
Programming: Sam Okell

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Tommy Ashby London, UK

Tommy Ashby’s background is a rather unusual one for a singer-songwriter. Awarded a PhD in the perception of sound in his early 20s, Tommy manages to blend a technical understanding of the way our brain processes sound with the indisputable pure creative energy of someone who grew up writing and playing music in the wilds of Scotland. ... more

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