We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Poet's daughter

from PENCIL SONGS by Neil Nayar

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A beautifully designed and presented copy of my debut album which will be sent to you by post as quickly as possible.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £15 GBP or more 

     

about

I started writing it when I got back from West Africa and was still infused with polyrhythm. Then at the same time my Aunt was very sick with cancer. The first and second verses were written before and after the funeral respectively.

lyrics

On a bench in a village green a girl pretending to be a queen,
Took of her crown and threw it in the lake.
Sitting next to a man, serene, and holding onto a tambourine.
Singing about a choice he had to make.
She was a poet’s daughter, looking at the crystal water.
Emerald eyes and chocolate skin.
He was a wild looking man. He somehow blended with the land.

Holding onto the tree as I move the sun and the sky, got it all to lose.
I take one final touch of the ground. The wind’s blowing through my hair.
It’s carrying me up there. As my dreams sink with my crown.
I’m gonna be reborn, as I’m torn, from this world.
Hold me hand, let me cry. And let us never say goodbye.

credits

from PENCIL SONGS, released June 20, 2010
Drum kit: Sam Henderson
Bass: Tom Flenedy
Girls voice: Lou Henderson
Rest: Neil Nayar

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Neil Nayar image

Neil Nayar London, UK

I'm just one of those people who always finds myself in crazy situations in love and in life. I'm not sure if it's good for my sanity, but it does make for fun and interesting songs.

I came to Malawi in 2012 with a one-way ticket, a guitar and no money, carrying on from the hobo life I'd lived that year busking on the streets of Holland and Spain.

It's all in the stories ... more

contact / help

Contact Neil Nayar

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Neil Nayar, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now