Wednesday 14 January 2009

So I took to whisky so I could recall The taste of his mouth on my mouth, that’s all.

Karine Polwart's The Sun's Coming Over The Hill.

I've been listening to this non stop for the past few weeks. She's my favourite singer, but I hadn't got this (her first solo) album, Faultlines. The lyric's for this song are just out of this world. I listen to them over and over and every time I just think it's about the saddest song ever.

Two different live versions of the song [the second just shows how great a live performer she is]:





Lyrics