The Kite

from Siren on the Shore by Ludlow

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lyrics

The kite that I flew by the ocean
Bitter wind propels it
I tie the string to a tree branch
It don't need me to hold it

To fly

The night: a creator of crisis
Someone came and turned off
The light that'd shine on our vices
Now it's all too easy

To hide

And every blonde that I see on the trail
Is a version of her with a ponytail
Calling like a siren on the shore

When I stop moving forward and turn to the sea
I can picture my family searching for me
Bitter, raging wind

But the kite holds on

And the water brings a current from a source we cannot see
And it summons waves of pushing, patterned air
I don't want to see their faces when they find that swaying tree
With nothing but a kite string waiting there

And the kite holds on to cable by a hair

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from Siren on the Shore, released March 24, 2017

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Ludlow Chicago, Illinois

Indie-folk band from Chicago, IL.

Debut album 'Siren on the Shore' now available.

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discography

Take Me Back (to July)

Feb 2022
Revel

Oct 2020
Sunset Blues

Dec 2018
The Country

Dec 2018
Siren on the Shore

Mar 2017
The Killer

Feb 2017
Menudo

Jan 2017

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