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Fallen Leaves ft Anna Mitchell

from No Simple Highway - Album by SomeRiseSomeFall

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Eliza Carthy is one of the most talented traditional folk performers but also one of the finest songwriters across many genres. Anna Mitchell imbues this haunting ballad of loss viewed through the lens of the departed with such beauty and love.

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Fallen Leaves

​You are only pretty if you disappear
And you must be beautiful for them my dear
Whatever before you wanted to achieve
Is lost to this love to turn to fallen leaves

The fallen leaves that cover everything
Must lie together all in your eyes
Then you can live among the privileged
Oh but don't appear to be more than mine

I am only pretty if I disappear
I see myself and wish me gone
When others strive to keep themselves alive
I rise and fall in this crowd alone

My love for you is like the morning
That at the window wants to come in
But still, the curtains twitch and shudder
The house where I'm supposed to live closes again

With every step, this light gets stronger
And more of my face and skin is seen
I see the light fall on my children
And I fight for them and myself again

And here I am my island, my home
And pretty flowers all rot and fade
The scent of death does nought to cover me
Nor does the water all around my bed

Oh, when will I embrace my darling?
Your head and hair in the lonesome night
No matter what I do or say, my love
Or where I walk on these blistering feet

You are only pretty if you disappear
And you must be beautiful for them my dear
Whatever before you wanted to achieve
Is lost to this to turn to fallen leaves

Songwriter; Eliza Carthy

© Eliza CarthyTopic Records Ltd (PRS)

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from No Simple Highway - Album, released February 26, 2021
Anna Mitchell: Vocals, piano and keyboards,
Hugh Dillon: acoustic and electric guitar,
Brian Hassey: Bass
Davie Ryan: Drums and percussion
David Murphy: Pedal steel

Produced and recorded by Brian Casey at Wavefield Recording Studios, Clonakilty, County Cork
Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering, Limerick

Songwriter: Eliza Carthy
Publisher: Copyright Domino Publishing Company Usa on behalf of Topic
Records Ltd

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SomeRiseSomeFall Ireland

SomeRiseSomeFall is a community of songwriters, musicians and creatives based in Cork. It brings together artists such as John Blek, Rowan, Anna Mitchell, Kevin Herron, Marlene Enright with producer Brian Casey, to interpret & reimagine songs for unique new recordings.

Their forthcoming album titled ‘No Simple Highway’ looks at loss, grief and enduring love and the transformative powers of music ... more

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