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Reclusive Dublin band One Day International release their first music since 2008 debut album, Blackbird.
Inspired by “our instinct to help those around us in times of need”, Heavy Lifting is being released in support of Helping Irish Hosts, an organisation recently established to empower local communities across Ireland as they respond to the current humanitarian emergency in Ukraine.
Singer Matt Lunson and his family are currently hosting recently displaced Ukrainians themselves and Heavy Lifting features guest vocals from his own daughter & co-host, Maisie-Jane.
All proceeds from the recording will go to The Scoop Foundation & Helping Irish Hosts.
lyrics
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Your hands are soft, they’re not for the war
I’m battle ready, I’ve been here before
Behind the lines, wolf at the door
You left behind love, I’ve watched you dig
But holes are empty, let’s fill them in
Your heart’s breaking, but are you noticing?
That I want to break, I want to break your fall
I want to shake these shadows with you
Hold on while the earth beneath your feet is shifting
We won’t ever leave you out here on your own
You don’t need to do all the heavy lifting
It takes a village to soothe a soul
The sun will be safe in the sky
And the blind will open their eyes
To see the weakened overcome life
I want to break, I want to break your fall
I want to shake these shadows with you
Hold on while the earth beneath your feet is shifting
We won’t ever leave you out here on your own
You don’t need to do all the heavy lifting
It takes a village to soothe a soul
You don’t need to do all the heavy lifting
You don’t need to do all the heavy lifting
You don’t need to do all the heavy lifting
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credits
released April 4, 2022
Written by Matt Lunson and Cormac Curran
Strings arrangement by Cormac Curran
Produced by Brian Crosby at The Treehouse Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
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