Some songs just arrive and you feel like you've known them forever. Some songs take their time, but you don't mind. Others you have to drag kicking and screaming. Sixteen Cranes was a stubborn tooth. The lyrics came easy, the song managed to take about 4 weeks away from us, and a few months of our lives. After punching it into shape we're left with something oddly driving.
Sixteen Cranes is a favourite lyrically depicting nasty things about vodka, ants, bones, German trains and of course a multitude of cranes.
credits
from Hollows,
released February 22, 2008
Words and Music by Timothy Fairless & Vanessa Cronin. Vanessa Cronin: Vocals. Timothy Fairless: Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers.