Name: Fast or Slow
Duration: P00H03M55S
Description: /// The first of five singles to be released from the debut 'Folded Hands' EP. All songs carry a thread of heartbreak and coping with situations that have run their course. ///

Fast or Slow

by Blue Darling

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/// The first of five singles to be released from the debut 'Folded Hands' EP. All songs carry a thread of heartbreak and coping with situations that have run their course. ///

lyrics

"A crazy fit of silence in an awful lot of noise
A spark that spins in darkness weaves between the barroom boys
She settles just like lightning touches down from the sky
Breaks like fireworks on the Fourth of July

Fast or slow
Pluck it if you want it more than to watch it grow
Cut it down to count the rings if you think you need to know
How far we’ve come

A mason jar of daffodils on my dresser at their wake
Where petals pose a monument to dreams of pouring rain
A vase is just a vessel for a heart that’s hard of feeling
Wrapped in a cage of ribs, a ticking beating"

credits

released February 24, 2022
Craig Rupert - guitar & vocals
Ezza Rose - vocals
Philippe Bronchtein - organ

Written by Craig Rupert
Recorded by Kelly Bauman & Philippe Bronchtein
Mixed by Adam Selzer
Mastered by Adam Gonsalves
Photo / Art by Adam Demorest

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Blue Darling Portland, Oregon

Blue Darling is a folk duet collaboration of Ezza Rose and her long-time guitar player, Craig Rupert. As Ezza’s full-band sound expanded sonically over the past ten years, the two decided to form a songwriting outlet for both of their folk songs that recall their early days picking acoustic guitars and singing close harmonies ... more

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