CHESTNUT HILL

The third single from our new album, "The Earth Turns and So Do We,” is out now!

Inspired by the melancholic yearning for lost love of traditional folk tunes, Chestnut Hill is the story of walking through life with a loved one, losing them, and trying to find the path forward without them. Featuring acoustic guitar and upright bass, plaintive violin weaving through vocals, and intimate harmonies throughout.

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Lyrics:
A1

I’m going up to Chestnut Hill, my dear

I’m hoping that you’ll meet me there

The way is steep but we know it well

The path laid down by years

A2

The leaves have fallen free and clear

From boughs once green and small

And I recall each step with you

Through sentinel trees so tall

A3

I’m going up to Chestnut Hill, my dear

To see you in the morning sun

The breeze and the birds still sing your name

Although your time is done

B1

I try to see

The hope between the Chestnut trees

But without you the light is weak

My body aches and the way is steep

A4

I’m going up to Chestnut Hill, my dear

Where once you stood alone

But Fate was kind and bound our hands

And then you were my own

A5

Ferns will grow where your feet once tread

The stream will run beside

And I will always long for you

To be back by my side

B2

I can see

The hope between the Chestnut trees

Springing up around me

I’ll relearn how to climb this peak without you

A6

I’m going up to Chestnut Hill alone

Hoping that you’ll meet me there

The woods are solemn but I hear a song

Calling out from my dear