Finished for this studio album project, the song is the third offering to the Maggie Darlings from Layla Fibbins of the (Sideshow Brides).
The song highlighted the strong feminine energy of the album, and it was finishing this song that showed us how much of the album ran along this theme of women, speaking their stories in their own and starkly solitary voices.
lyrics
The Spell - Layla Fibbins
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
to the waters edge I followed him down
still summer evenin' not a soul around
I hid in the willows and i watched him dive in
the water glistenin' on his moonlit skin
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
for no rhyme or reason I swore me a plan
by the turn of this season I would make him my man
while he lay sleeping through his window I'll creep
a lock of his long dark hair i'll keep
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
wearing raven feathers and a wildflower wreath
my dagger as sharp as a wolf hound's teeth
carve me a figure from a waiting sheath
and circled it round with a sycamore leaf
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
then one night he came to my side
we swam in the water our bodies entwined
many an evening by the river we lay
until the day when he came to say
my wild-haired raven, my wayward lover
my heart belongs to another
no longer shall we meet this way
the willow trees howled as he walked away
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
i lunged towards him with my blade in hand
if i can't have him then no one else can
beneath my feet the earth gave away
now at the bottom of the river i lay
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
Deep dark water, Deep dark water
credits
from Wishing Well (Maggie Darlings),
track released August 11, 2017
Written by Layla Fibbins, (main vocals, Acoustic Guitar)
Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered at Thirty Mill Studios (Melbourne).
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