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Fritillaries

by Fritillaries

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1.
Unearthing 05:17
Hands searching in the dark and dirt Unearthing something I cannot see I imagine reaching to grasp the left hand Of a king folded in the earth But I found a coin instead It's hard edges surprising And the way it turned up on a Monday in the back garden As I bent double in the flowerbed Now I sow fritillaries Now I sow fritillaries Couldn’t help but think of her Small and guided by her father Helping to sow the seeds in the nursery While mother called her in And years before her father with his father Gathered fields into furrows Making plans for the future Giving her love for the earth Now I sow fritillaries Now I sow fritillaries Here I sit dirt under nails Facing head on inherited things Grasp the hand of remembering unearthing The places that we hide
2.
Lost My Mind 03:42
Lost my mind I lost my mind Tell them we’re all doing fine But I lost my mind The only pieces I could find Were useless to me They were coated in green And you held them out to me It’s a lonely place Right here with you Can’t face the morning table But neither can you And the mirror on the wall Just gives me nothing It was coated in dreams And you held them out to me And only you could have greeted me there With your temperament Flowing free in the cold night air
3.
In the Dark 03:38
I caught you in the dark I was scrambling there Through this unfamiliar town A man of light eyes I came to see Standing right here in the alley I felt an ongoing tide in my mind I couldn’t help but hang on To each word as it rolled off your tongue Wanting just to climb inside You said to me you were passing through Familiarity could kill you How about I come along too It had been so many days Wandering through the landscape Cedar trees in the land of milk and honey I found something within me Like the river to the valley Coursing through my very veins I could have stopped you there Breathing against my chest And the sweet way you gave emotion I could have held you there Breathing the thinning air And I could have stayed a while
4.
Waking 02:43
It started slowly A hum and a heartbeat Waking from sleep Alerted she rose Grabbing at things She reached the door She slipped and reached the door Thud thud thud She’s quicker down the stairs The hum is louder higher she’s so aware Of the grey street The train station Pulling away it’s just a constant sound And it drips and it whines One last panicked set of beats Breathless, she pulls in breathless Clutching her chest as she closes her eyes Flat on the bed Flat on the bed
5.
Little Bird 03:32
Oh my weary soul Can't find no place to go And I’ve traveled on the raging sea Ten thousand pounds they asked of me And at the whims of the men in the tall tall seats Where they’ve cleared all the trees My fate there lies in the hands of greed While in my arms she sleeps And now on my mountainside Of a land so strange and quiet Little bird on my washing line Sing a song for that girl of mine And I see her clear as day When you chatter to me Little children lining quiet On the shore or school yard And one day I’ll swim out To the vast blue ocean My time will have come And she’ll take me with the setting sun
6.
And it’s just in the dark and the cold of their eyes That make them feel so strange Seventeen years and the coal’s running dry It makes it feel like a barren place Felt like just yesterday she walked wearing white In father's stern gaze Now she’s out in the fields most days and nights She's no time for the chains And out in the bar in the drinking lights Old friends turning hard Where’s your woman when you need her at night Well is she staring at the stars No good no good they jeered and cried She’ll turn wild like the wolf You'll make sure to keep her safe inside Can’t say what good men could do He cowered in the corner his face turning white In the shadows of the men He cried out loud but his mouth ran dry They were bored out looking for a fight And the landlord turned as arms struck in haste He was a desperate man Powerful blows to his beautiful face Cries of laughter filled the land And it was just that moment the door swung wide And his lady’s shadow burned Took him by the arm and scattered the fight In shame to darkness men returned And out in the night the lovers clung fast To the sense of themselves Married by duty but together in flight From a world that cages and sells
7.
The sun streamed through the glass in my And I came to my fears in time Couldn’t tell all the things that I felt that night Couldn’t speak for fear I’d bring to morning light And you stood there staring A field of white And I got up and reached inside Pulled out seven strings and a candlelight I got a feeling I’m not doing this right Got a pretty picture on your window sill She’s draped on a background of the finest silk Reached into my mouth and the words they came too quick I wish I could lie and look like the picture in the frame I wish I could lie and look like the picture in the frame I wish I could lie and look like the picture in the frame I wish I could lie and look like the picture in the frame
8.
Suspending 04:03
Suspending life this rides trying to cut me loose And the fear in your eyes I’ve got a mind to jump and choose Maybe I’ve died and come back to life The signals in my mind Dancing on the divide A shape in the night A small start fright for a life And its frightening kiss I’m still feeling this And I’m sinking through the tunnel Turbulence Some kind of deep descent I’ve found in your absence Caught in my flesh Courting my death
9.
Head in hands Crumpled shirt It's been a long day baby At the office where you work And outside the blue turned to black But this room hasn't ever seen that And behind tall buildings And a stream Of sprawling streets as far as you could see You can feel the air and the trees Something whispers in your ear Oh now you can breathe Oh but the money won’t make itself And my time is somebody else’s And baby’s mouth is wide And I’ve got nowhere to hide From you And we were so small In those arms Raised up high Name tasted on her tongue And each of us Is sewn in the seams Patchwork landscape of oil and dust and greed And I'm gonna make my way and bang a drum ‘Til hands are sore and empty pockets my song is sung Because the colours outside begin to run Like a painting in the rain But this one'll just burn up in the sun Oh but the money won’t make itself And my time is somebody else’s And baby’s mouth is wide And I’ve got nowhere to hide From you
10.
Nights are drawing in I feel like I missed something And I’ve been working hard To join mind and heart Found the bag of bulbs you gave me Snakes head variety Apples on the trees And green to red the leaves I’m just aching to see The friends who made me And the ground she took them in her chest I found myself a little lighter then Every time I passed The window open wide I leaned excitedly To look for fritillaries Oh but each month passing by I grew cynical and tired And then One morning I could see Growing after me Fritillaries Rooted seed Gardener's grief Passing over me

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released July 15, 2022

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Fritillaries Bristol, UK

Fritillaries is the original project of folk/Americana songwriter Hannah Pawson, a Bristol-based musician playing original songs on guitar and banjo. Fritillaries have been played on BBC Radio 6, BBC Radio 2, featured extensively in Folk Radio UK, reviewed by RNR magazine and Americana UK.

‘Wonderful’ Cerys Matthews

‘Touchingly poetic' Folk Radio UK

★★★★ ‘a thing of beauty’ RNR Magazine
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