Tie It Loose
by Barb Marlowe · Rock › Pop Rock · Made with Suno · 0 plays
Style
soft rock, pop rock, acoustic, nostalgic, wistful
Prompt
Dreamy folk rock, smoky female contralto, breathy rasp, behind-the-beat, pedal steel slides, choir-like airy harmonies
Lyrics
Mm... tie it loose Apples dropping in the long grass, Dusk gone amber, then gone blue. Fifty-eight and standing barefoot In a row of trees I never knew. Neighbor with the ladder-scarred hands Draws my mother's silk from his coat, Pale green strip she saved for something, Never told me what it was for. Tie it loose, tie it loose, Let the evening move between. Not a rope and not a promise Pulled so tight we cannot breathe. Tie it loose, tie it loose, Hold me like the wind holds a leaf. Whatever's coming, let it find us easy. Tie it loose. Thirty years of other people's weddings, I caught the flowers, I held the coats. Now the crows go home across the ridge line And my hands are shaking in yours. Silk goes over, silk goes under, Cool as creek water on my wrist. Mama, if you're in the branches, I waited long, and I'm not sorry for it. Tie it loose, tie it loose, Let the evening move between. Not a rope and not a promise Pulled so tight we cannot breathe. Tie it loose, tie it loose, Hold me like the wind holds a leaf. Whatever's coming, let it find us easy. Tie it loose. I used to count the days like coins, Afraid I'd run out of light. Now the light is low and golden, And it's kind to us tonight. So don't pull tight, don't pull tight, Just let me feel the air. Tie it loose, Let the evening move between. Not a rope and not a promise Pulled so tight we cannot breathe. Tie it loose, Hold me like the wind holds a leaf. Whatever's coming, let it find us easy. Tie it loose. Mm... Softly now... tie it loose