Porcelain

from She Took Flight by Daisy Chapman

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Sometimes death is collides with life. This song chronicles my Dad's last day on earth. I had just lost my Dad, and an old school friend appeared in the hospital having just had a baby - the great circle of life.

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Sunrise on the southern plain
Awoken by the call
Glistening tarmac, heavy rain
Push aside it all

Rubber wheels forever on the friction
Of the hospital floor
But the terror of whatever waits behind
Those automatic doors

Casting doubt through saccharine grins
Where one life ends
One more begins
Porcelain chipped
On quivering lips
A medical apocalypse

Just behind the wall
The joyful cries of a brand new life
But this fear just heightens the anticipation
In unflattering light

Oh make sense of it all
How in one moment something changes
Leaves you staring down a gaping hole
Oh how violent the knock
Cos by the springtime all the garden had awoken
But you had not

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from She Took Flight, released May 5, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Daisy Chapman
Piano & vocals - Daisy Chapman
Violin 1 - Sue Lord
Violin 2 - Ian Vorley
Viola - Emma Hooper
Cello - Beth Porter
Double Bass - Guy Fowler
Drums - Martin Denzin
Recorded by Pascal el Sauf & Dominic Bailey-Clay
Mixed by Dominic Bailey-Clay

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Daisy Chapman Bristol, UK

Daisy Chapman is an incredibly well-travelled pianist and vocalist who draws influences from the anti-folk world. It’s hard to pinpoint Daisy’s unique style. Every song harbours a dark story of love, lust and loss told through her exquisite voice and piano, with Sue Lord on violin bringing the performance to harmonious ending transcending boundaries and genres. ... more

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