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The Staves – The Motherlode (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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The Motherlode

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The Motherlode

Release date: 12th November 2012

From Dead & Born & Grown & Live

Track 3

4:27

Alternative Music Rock

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About This Track

"The Motherlode" is a track by The Staves, from the album Dead & Born & Grown & Live, released 12th November 2012. The track is 4:27 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about The Staves.

About the Artist

The Staves

The Staves

Lyrics

The Motherlode

Counting the winters
Numb to the cold
Searching the valley
For secrets untold
The mountains are children
To someone so old

A king without kingdom or throne
Digging the mud and the stone

All men have left here
But you have remained
At the banks of the river
Forever the same
Though no water flows here
The memory stays

As long as it stays you are here
Heartbroken year after year

People running away
Running like strangers
Day after day
Leave him alone

Golden river running from her home

The sun was an altar
Before which he knelt
And raised up the dagger
That hung from his belt
He cursed his delusion
And the sadness he felt

Weeping at what he'd become
Just a fool in the gold of the sun

People running away
Running like strangers
Day after day
Leave him alone

Golden river running from her home
Golden river running from her home
Golden river running from her home
Golden river running from her home

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Track details

From Dead & Born & Grown & Live

4:272012

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Album

Dead & Born & Grown & Live

12th November 2012

Track number

3

Release year

2012

1Wisely & Slow
3:41
2Gone Tomorrow
3:28
3The Motherlode
4:27
4Pay Us No Mind
4:12

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Camilla Staveley-Taylor, Emily Staveley-Taylor, Jessica Staveley-Taylor
Producer: Ethan Johns, Glyn Johns
Bass: Pat Donaldson
Drums: Jeremy Stacey
Vocals: Camilla Staveley-Taylor, Emily Staveley-Taylor, Jessica Staveley-Taylor
Acoustic Guitar: Jessica Staveley-Taylor
Harmonium: Ethan Johns
Mandocello: Ethan Johns
Mandolin: Ethan Johns
Mixing Engineer: Glyn Johns
Percussion: Jeremy Stacey
Recording Engineer: Dominic Monks, Glyn Johns
Ukulele: Camilla Staveley-Taylor