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Walking Into White

from Walking Into White by Sarah McQuaid

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My third and final “Swallows and Amazons” song. This one was inspired by an episode in “Swallowdale”, the second book in the series, when two children are walking across open moorland and find themselves unexpectedly engulfed by a thick fog that’s rolled down off the mountain they’d climbed that morning. Once again, the situation in which the characters found themselves – groping blindly along, trying to stick together, unable to see where they’d come from or where they were going – felt to me like a parable for life ... so much so that I decided to make it the title track of this album.

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They hadn’t long to go
That afternoon
The light on the moor was gold
The distant mountains shone

They were chatting as they strolled
In make-believe
Of ships in days of old
And pirate thieves 

The boy glanced back
The way they’d come
He said hello, that’s strange
The hill we just walked down is gone
The clouds have blotted out the sun
And everything has changed

The fog came down
A white cloud on the ground
She said we’ll be all right
Just keep walking into white 

Across the moor they go
Trying to feel their way
Hold my hand, take it slow
It’s going to be okay

The fog came down
A white cloud on the ground
She said we’ll be all right
Just keep walking into white

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from Walking Into White, released February 2, 2015
Sarah McQuaid

Sarah – Vocals & Guitar
Gareth Flowers – Trumpet

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Sarah McQuaid Penzance, UK

“One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music … Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana Del Rey.” —Neil March, Trust The Doc

“Captivating, unorthodox songwriting … layered satin vocals ... enthralling, harrowing arrangements … a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.” —PopMatters

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