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100% OF ALL PROCEEDS FOR THIS TRACK GO TO GUARDIANS OF HOPE, A NON-PROFIT THAT PROVIDES FOOD AND SUPPLIES ACROSS THE UKRAINIAN BORDER WITH POLAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION!!
The day after Putin invaded the Ukraine, I had decided to take a little day-long songwriting retreat. With a few early images from the New York Times in my mind, somehow a song began, without my trying—I didn't plan to write about this at all. But the dark grinding images of war just were haunting me, and suddenly I thought to myself, "there is a bird here.” I discovered with a quick search that the nightingale is the most highly honored bird of Ukraine. Its song represents fertility, spring, love and hope.
The next day, I played a show and a woman came up to talk to me. She told me that exactly four years ago to the day she had come out to hear me sing and immediately afterward went to the hospital and gave birth to her first child. Our connection was so crazy and delightful. We laughed. Then she told me she was from the Ukraine. I told her I had just written a song called “Nightingale” but the nightingale needed someone to sing for. Our conversation turned into a bridge section, and her insights gave the song a real purpose that it didn’t have before.
I made a quick recording in my home studio; Bridger Dunnagan and Echo Mountain Recording Studio here in Asheville gifted the mixing and David Glasser at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, Colorado gifted the mastering. We are offering this song as a downloadable track on Bandcamp and on my website. 100% of proceeds go to Guardians of Hope, a non-profit organization working to bring supplies back and forth across the Ukrainian border with Poland.
So that's the story so far. Although the war feels very remote here in the States, I think that in Europe, people feel a real chill in their bones seeing all of this go down. The old wars linger heavily—the shadows over the generations, the scars on the landscape. As I prepare to visit, I want to bring this song with me to try to help in some small way.
lyrics
wheels колеса
crossing hills перетинання пагорбів
crossing bridges перетинання мостів
under gray gray cloak під сірим плащем
of war війни
moving in заселятися
bearing down несучи вниз
it’s taking control це бере під контроль
there’s a man є чоловік
he’s got steely eyes у нього сталеві очі
he’s got a steely hammer він має сталевий молот
that he’s slamming from the sky що він грюкає з неба
he tells a tale він розповідає казку
thin as air тонкий, як повітря
that’s he’s screaming це він кричить
from his easy chair зі свого м'якого крісла
oh nightingale keep singing ой соловейко співай далі
in your own tongue власною мовою
oh nightingale keep singing ой соловейко співай далі
for spring to l come так прийде весна
boots чоботи
crossing mud перетинання бруду
crossing rubble перетин завалів
marching over burning coals марші над палаючим вугіллям
guns гармати
pointing at the sky вказуючи на небо
at the horizon на горизонті
swinging round and letting go обертаючись і відпускаючи
fear страх
creeping in підкрадаючись
raining down на горизонті
and stealing your soul і крадуть твою душу
war війни
bearing down несучи вниз
moving in заселятися
taking control взяття під контроль
oh nightingale keep singing ой соловейко співай далі
in your own tongue власною мовою
oh nightingale keep singing ой соловейко співай далі
for spring to come так прийде весна
I hear you singing as the bullets fly Я чую, як ти співаєш, як кулі летять
I hear you singing from the darkened sky Я чую, як ти співаєш із темного неба
I hear you singing as the bullets fly Я чую, як ти співаєш, як кулі летять
I’m begging you don’t stop singing Я прошу вас не припиняйте співати
oh nightingale keep singing ой соловейко співай далі
in your own tongue власною мовою
oh nightingale keep singing ой соловейко співай далі
for spring to come так прийде весна
credits
released March 25, 2022
Written and performed by Anya Hinkle (Shiawase Music Publishing)
Mixed by Bridger Dunnagan at Echo Mountain Recording Studio
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering
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