Far Away The Hills Are Green

from In The Half-Light by Joshua Burnside, Laura Quirke

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"Far Away the Hills are green is a song written as a kind of companion piece to Laura's 'Taking the Wheel' - borrowing themes of youth, longing, and Irish weather. The demo was recorded at my studio and ended up being the actual recording used, with layers of Laura's vocals added later. From the perspective of a young couple, it charts the thought process of longing for a better life, something like the glamorous and sunnier Californian lifestyles they see on their TV, to realising that everywhere people are basically longing for the same thing - to fill some unfillable emptiness inherent in us all. Laura's transcendent vocals in the last half of the song lift what is a simple folk tune, up and out of the soggy fields and into the air, floating towards the horizon with never-ending hope for the future."

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we were on
the sofa falling
asleep as the rain battered down

on the conservatory glass
nothin else sounds like that
it was so loud, couldn't hear the TV

our uniforms lying soggy on the ground
chloe don't close your eyes
we'll never get this place organised

i wished we were like californians
as cool as the car in the morning

i wanted everything they had
the swimming pool, sun and sand
the coffee in the kitchen

now they come in their droves
distant cousins i suppose
to see our ancient things
magic stones, that kinda thing
trying to fill some emptiness i guess
trying to fill that emptiness i guess
just like the rest of us

far away the hills are green

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from In The Half-Light, track released June 25, 2021

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Joshua Burnside Belfast, UK

Joshua Burnside was born in Northern Ireland, where he draws inspiration from the beauty, the ugliness and the rich musical and literary heritage of an often tormented corner of the world.

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