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walk on water

from We do not speak - EP by VanWyck

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    Empty houses have a strange acoustic quality. They resonate with memories, with stories that have parted, but somehow linger. This summer I spent many evenings in one particular house. It had belonged to someone I loved and admired. Now it stood empty, waiting to be sold, waiting for new people to fill it with their stories. As I wandered trough it’s empty rooms I tried to recall every memory that belonged to it’s space. Frantically searching out all the details and oddities, like I was afraid I would lose my memories of the person together with the house. One night I brought my guitar and a bottle of wine and started singing. The guitar was new and louder than my normal one, the empty rooms made my voice harsher and more plaintive. Like I was begging the walls to share something with me. They kept silent and only threw my voice back to me, with the first lines of this song.

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Walk on water

Someone’s gonna pick up where you left off
someone’s gonna fill them empty shoes
I can see them coming on the horizon
The bloodstained pack off hungry wolves

A bad moon is on the rise
gonna tear through your dead black night
Who’s gonna save me now
who’s gonna show me how

How to stay strong, how to be brave
how to walk on water
How to love someone unconditionally
how to walk on water

They say I should give up and move over
cut my losses and cherish my gains
But I want to hold on to your presence
I’ll make do with what little remains

A bad moon is on the rise
gonna tear through your dead black night
Who’s gonna save me now
who’s gonna show me how

How to stay strong, how to be brave
how to walk on water
How to love someone unconditionally
how to walk on water

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from We do not speak - EP, released December 17, 2016
Marjolein van der Klauw: backing vocals, Sin Banoviç: drums, Sjaak Thissen: bass, Sander Donkers: guitar and David Kops: piano and mix.

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VanWyck Amsterdam, The Netherlands

With her rich lyrics and sober alt folk craft Amsterdam singer-songwriter VanWyck has released 4 albums: 'An Average Woman' in 2018, 'Molten Rock' in 2019, 'God is in the Detour' in 2020 and 'The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man' in 2022.

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