Get all 7 Wren releases available on Bandcamp.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Pink Stone: Songs from Moose Lodge, Cedar Tree Boy, The Sun Is Going Down, Come Back River, Stitch an Ocean, The Road You Thought You Knew, and Bone Nest.
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The Sun Is Going Down
04:13
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The sun is going down
Let’s gather all around
The sun is going down
Let’s gather all around
The sun is going down
You bring the wood and I’ll bring the wine
The dancing of the moon can keep our only time
Let’s find a lonely roof or a tree that faces west
Let light recall our faces till it sinks beneath the crest
This night, with you, and you and you...
The sun is going down
Let’s gather all around
The jangle of our feet
Let’s frolic, dance, repeat
The sun is going down
Let’s climb down in the dark, set fire to the logs
The murmur of our voices mingles music with the frogs
The grouse have gone to bed, and the baby squirrel, too
Come snuggle here with me, maybe we’re the next ones to
This night, with you, this night with you...
The sun is going down
Let’s gather all around
The jangle of our feet
Let’s frolic, dance, repeat
The sun is going down
We watch the ducks fly south
I taste the wonder in your mouth
I know we’re not always together
But we are birds of a feather
The sun is going down
Let’s gather all around
The jangle of our feet
Let’s frolic, dance, repeat
The sun is going down
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2. |
Pedal Strong
04:48
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I went to the island all alone
Took a boat from Spain
Traded sun for the rain
Found a bike and a light
Pedaled through the night
Pedal strong, pedal fast
Pedal for a love that will last
I went to the island all alone
Every stroke racked my soul
Every hill a burning toll
Just my knife and the sheep
Deadly cliffs a spin and leap
Pedal strong, pedal fast
Pedal for a love that will last
I went to the island all alone
Found a love there so rare
Nothing past could near compare
But he had never left his home
Faced the lonely road alone
Pedal strong, pedal fast
Pedal for a love that will last
You sailed off from the island all alone
I went back to Spain
In my hands a broken chain
I heard you got your first pair of wheels
I remember how it feels
Pedal strong, pedal fast
Pedal for a love that will last
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3. |
Tracks
06:20
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600 miles of tracks between me and you
I’d hate all these trains if I didn’t love where they’re going to
I tap out my song to you, press your ear down for the sound
If I walk east, east, east, my inner light unbound
Then will you walk west, west, west and meet me in the middle ground?
500 miles to you
In my dreams you jump the night train
And when the sun rises, just a soft flame
Our tracks are one and the same
400 miles of tracks between me and you
I wake up to the sea and the gulls and the whistles blowing through
Far away there’s a boy throwing stones with a question in his hand
If I walk west, west, west with all the courage of a man
Then will you walk east, east, east and meet me in the place we planned?
Will you meet me in the place we planned?
300 miles to you
In my dreams you jump the night train
And when the sun rises, just a soft flame
Our tracks are one and the same
200 miles of tracks between me and you
I’d hate all these trains if I didn’t love where they’re going to
I tap out my song to you, press your ear down for the sound
If you walk west, west, west holding trust like a secret found
Then will I walk east, east, east and meet you in the middle ground?
Will I meet you in the middle ground?
100 miles to you
In my dreams you jump the night train
And when the sun rises, just a soft flame
Our tracks are one and the same
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4. |
Wandering Queen
05:07
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Embrace me where the stones are rose
You’re the mountain I want to climb
Scoop me up and lay me down
Braid me a crown from river vines
You’re the current and I’m your bowl
The quiet inlet where the fishes go
Body sleek as an otter’s dive
Fill up my banks till they overflow
Find me willing like you did before
I’m braver now and I will ask for more
Watch me surrender, unafraid to be seen
It’s a long journey’s end for the wandering queen
Bed below me and the skies above
Pebbles mark skin but don’t draw blood
I’ll crown you king of the stone and wood if you
Paint me a dress from sap and mud
Find me willing like you did before
I’m braver now and I will ask for more
Watch me surrender, unafraid to be seen
It’s a long journey’s end for the wandering queen
Embrace me where the stones are rose
You’re the mountain I want to climb
Scoop me up and lay me down
Braid me a crown from river vines
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5. |
Pink Stone
06:01
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Hold me close
I’m falling down
Hold me close
My dear
We drove to the river
Flushed pink stones
You wore your long coat
We walked alone
I see you on a mountain top
Hands raised high
Stars move in spirals
You hold them as they die
Hold me close
I’m falling down
Hold me close
My dear
I still feel the tears pull
Strong as the tide
So sit here close now
Don’t let me hide
Teach me to listen
Hold this ripe fruit
And take this pink stone
Its weight as proof
Hold me close
I’m falling down
Hold me close
My dear
Moon shine bright
Am I okay?
Hold me in stillness
Till I find my way
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6. |
Come Back River
04:06
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Come back river to the place you ran
The sun’s going down and the time is at hand
Come back river to the place you flowed
And hold me close in your icy robes
Come back now
Make your way
Oh the path will be different than it was
Yesterday
Come back river to the place you left
I lay on a stone all alone and wept
Come back river with my tears that fall
I gave you all away till there was nothing left at all
Come back now
Make your way
Oh the path will be different than it was
Yesterday
Come back river my bed’s gone dry
Rub me till I shimmer I reflect the sky
Come back river be the flesh of my bones
And glisten in my soul till I can sing my own way home
Come back now
Make your way
Oh the path will be different than it was
Yesterday
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7. |
Corn Stalks
04:23
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The corn stalks in the fall
A dry wind blowin’
Summer’s ease is gone
In our bones a hard cold knowin’
Call the autumn rains
The mold, the slime, the wither
Watch the corn stalks fall
Then disappear
We leave and return
We’re old and born again
Spiraling towards awake
Arise, behold the snake
Plow deep, plow wide
The darkest place I have inside
Plow deep, plow wide
The darkest place I have inside
A belly made from snow
Thin walls hold the shadow
Sitting here with crows, impatient vigil
Beseech this womb to kindle
Plow deep, plow wide
The darkest place I have inside
Plow deep, plow wide
The darkest place I have inside
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8. |
Kite out on the Ocean
04:36
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I let you go in Mexico
It wasn’t enough somehow
You pushed me in a doorway and said that you’d
Shown me all your cards now
But it was too late to take you back
A kite out on the ocean, no string attached
I was taller when I met you
Before you became a man
A girl of Norway fjords loves a
Brown-eyed boy, Mexican
But it was too late to take you back
A kite out on the ocean, no string attached
I still go by your old house
In spring when the cherries bloom
But your windowpane is empty
No secret love note blazes proudly from your room
And it’s too late to take you back
A kite out on the ocean, no string attached
You are grown
Make your own home
You are grown
Make your own home
It’s too late to take you back
A kite out on the ocean, no string attached
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9. |
Cedar Tree Boy
05:37
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Oh, boy o’ mine
You smile so big
You’re tall like a cedar tree
And you look funny at me
Oh, boy o’ mine
You smell so sweet
Like a mountain prairie in summer’s heat
Make me a bed in your golden wheat
Lover, friend, I can’t call you my own
You’re free like the river
Flow always where you ache and yearn
To my ocean, always return
Oh, boy o’ mine
You sit there so strong
Lean with me, grow with me, weather the storm with me
Float here where sweet water kisses the sea
It’s not easy to let you go
Because I want to be the only rowboat your river knows
But if we’re not careful, we’ll block these waters high
No boats, just a dam jealously guarding the sky
Lover, friend, I can’t call you my own
You’re free like the river
Flow always where you ache and yearn
To my ocean, always return
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Eiffel Tower Date
03:11
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What do you do when he’s not counting anymore?
You go to the phone and type it in, but you know
He’s just not counting, anymore
It’s all my fault
Can’t call this fate
But I’m still counting down the years till our promised
Eiffel Tower date
If you want, you can call it my chocolat
You try so hard to let it go and then one day
It’s let go, and you’re not counting
It’s all my fault
Can’t call this fate
But I’m still counting down the years till our promised
Eiffel Tower date
What do you do when he’s not counting anymore?
You go to the phone and type it in, but you know
He’s just not counting, anymore
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Wren Seattle, Washington
Wren’s Celtic-inspired folk music evokes the lands and waters of the many places she has called home. Celebrated for her pure and original vocals and the rich imagery of her song-writing, Wren's music speaks to dreams, the cycles of nature, and the dance of solitude and intimacy. Her third album, due out February 20, 2021, is a musical exploration of four seasons in Washington's Methow Valley. ... more
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