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Swallow It Down

from The Fret & The Fray by Lila Nelson

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about

This rubber band art was made at Sebastian's kitchen table during the pre-production discussion of this song.

lyrics

For something horrible, you got famous
But you got famous just the same
You'd never felt so small, turns out we're all alone
You couldn't have learned it better
Because you never would have learned
It's time to go fishing to take
Your sadness and sit it by the salt-lake
To hook a tear for bait and cast it down
Into the murky mystery
And hope a fish will find it
And drink the unknown out of you
It's hard to show your face when you don't know your face
Sometimes a fall from grace is an ace in the hole
It's time to go fishing...
It's time to go fishing to take
Your sadness and sit it by the salt-lake
To hook a tear for bait and cast it down
Into the murky mystery
And hope a fish will find it
And drink the unknown out of you
Swallow it down, make you understand
Swallow it down, make you understand
Swallow it down, make you understand

credits

from The Fret & The Fray, released February 13, 2013
Lila Nelson - guitar, vocal
Tony Gethin - bass, electric guitar, piano
Matt Berger - drums
John Nastos - flute, clarinet
Andrew Stonestreet, Daniel Dixon - bvs
Sebastian Rogers - bvs and tambourine

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Lila Nelson Oakland, California

“Did you grow up in a cult?” No, says singer and songwriter Lila Nelson who has toured internationally, playing with notable artists including Ben Folds and the late Richie Havens. But she describes an upbringing wherein a rigorous family art aesthetic forced her into her secret songwriting chamber to find her singular voice. No one sings like Lila Nelson. ... more

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