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Lie Down My Love

from Painting a Picture by Rosina Bullen

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about

For me ‘Lie Down My Love’ is not only a song but a story of an inner journey.
This song came about in many forms and has changed a lot over the time that I have been playing it. I started with the chorus of the song which was inspired by a line from a Langston Hughes poem that goes ‘Oh Silver Tree, oh shining rivers of the soul, silver tree.’ From this line I had an image of a pair of young lovers together under the branches of an old tree and from that came the story of these two characters and their journey together.
The song has an overall feeling of melancholia as at the start they are happy and fulfilled in each other’s company but by the end of the song I feel that life has pulled them in different directions and they still love for each other but things haven’t worked out as they might have hoped at the beginning. I think many of us have been in a similar situation which is why this song speaks so much to me and I hope will also speak to you!

lyrics

Lie down my love lie down
Like we used to be
Life seemed so easy
Our love was new, was green
Found the seasons turn around
Now her leaves are turning brown
Falling down my love
Lie down with me

Lie down my love lie down
Hand in hand we’ll be
When we are older
Will you be just a memory
How did love make me a clown
Take my heart and take my crown
Let me down my love
Lie down with me

Oh silver tree oh shining rivers of the soul, silver tree
Oh silver tree oh shining rivers of the soul, silver tree
Lie down here with me
By our silver tree

Lie down my love lie down
On my fallen tears
Love turns in circles
Like seasons through the years
See her buds are blooming now
Hold me close or let me drown
Sinking down my love
Lie down with me

Oh silver tree oh shining rivers of the soul, silver tree
Oh silver tree oh shining rivers of the soul, silver tree
Lie down here with me
By our silver tree

Lie down my love lie down
Before we have to leave
When we were younger
Our tree was evergreen
Found the seasons turn around
Now her leaves have turned to brown
Falling down my love lie down with me
Oh my love lie down once more with me

credits

from Painting a Picture, track released September 8, 2022
Rosina Bullen - Voice
Povel Widestrand - Piano
Chris Montague - Electric/Acoustic Guitar
Adam Goldsmith - Mandolin/Nylon/Acoustic Guitar
Tom Herbert - Electric/Upright Bass
James Maddren - Drums & Percussion

Strings
John Mills - Violin I (section leader)
Jeremy Isaac - Violin II
Clio Gould - Violin III
Jon Morton - Violin IV
Lydia Lowndes Northcott - Viola I
Nick Barr - Viola II
Bozidar Vukotic - Cello I
Ian Burdge - Cello II

Woodwind
Karen Jones - Flute
Olivia Fraser - Oboe
Martin Williams - Clarinet
Dan Jemison - Bassoon

David Swan - Orchestration, Arrangement & Production
Chris Hyson - Production
Theo Bleckmann - Musical Mentor

Andrew Sunnucks - Orchestral Producer
Stefano Civetta- Recording & Mixing Engineer
Christopher Brooke - Mastering

Recorded at School Farm Studios
Music and Lyrics by Rosina Bullen

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Rosina Bullen is a singer and songwriter from the UK based in New York City. Her debut EP 'Painting a Picture' draws upon her own experiences as a woman and is inspired by various personal events in her life.

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