Drake's Echo

From Igad

Song I wrote in 2004 after visiting Badock's Wood for the first time. I was living within walking distance of it at the time. The song is influenced both by the wood and Nick Drake.

This recording was done later that year in Tuscany.

The photos in this video are from the same wood, which is located in Bristol.

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I went down to the wood
To play my guitar
When I started your song
The rain came down hard
Though I sometimes wish
I could have been your friend
I know that you will be mine
To the end

Went up a path, to the top of a hill
Saw a burial mound
A leaden sky and a full rainbow and I
Marvelled at what I had found
And as I played my song
To the trees end the wind
I knew that you
Were with me too

...

You knew so much more
Than you could tell
So, my friend, I wish
You well

I went down to the wood
To play my guitar
When I started your song
The rain came down hard.