Lyrics, music, acoustic guitar, vocals: Nathaniel Bellows
Bass: Malcolm Burn
Drums: Steve Decker
Electronics: Michael Hammond
Vocals: Shara Nova

Recorded and mixed by Brian Losch


LYRICS:

Well Water

No one believes it
none, not even me
The sword and the sequins
and the teething ring
One day you’ll leave here
(leave a light lit low)
and take a seat there
in the undertow
 
Drawing down
from deepest depths
I came to this
I came to this
And all those little lives
you flung like fists
Came to this
came from—
 
One single sum
the thumbprint smudged
the scene
Oh, and all that I want
is to plunge headlong
in the sea
Hey, no wonder, son,
that you’ve drawn everyone
when—
 
Here, I gained the lead
And here, it’s taken
from me
Like that one summer day
meant to celebrate,
well…
me
 
No one can see it
not a node I know
And the tortoise, the peach pit
the fallen undone robe
One day, you will reach it
(But when? How? Alone?)
Just to place a wreath there
at unknown’s stone
 
Drawing down
from deepest depths
I came to this
I came to this
And all those little lives
you flung like sweat
Came to this
came from—
 
Prove:
If it’s true,
I can tell
by who
you blame
Oh, and the more
I knew, well,
the less
I’ll choose
to say
Hey, take comfort,
son, with your
plum little trumpet—
 
Hear me
over the beat
Hear me
maim a mystery
Like that one holiday
with the lights
on the dying
tree…
 
—
 
Drawing down
from deepest
depths
I came to this
I came to this
And all those little lives
you hung like lamps
Came to this
Came from—
 
See?
Everything is spiraling,
sliding on?
Half a heart
Half a wit
Half a loaf
Hey, take a number, son,
for that punch
in the onion—
 
Who?
Who here now
will lead me
from the maze?
And who
flew through
these clouds to
seed them now
with rain?
How’d you do it,
though,
with that crew
of crows, singing:
“He’s our star,
our shame.”
 
Some you’ll lose
Some you win
Send balloons
Send the pin
Some say so soon
Some say it
will never end.
 
The end?
The end.

Well Water

Well Water (feat. Shara Nova)

My name is Nathaniel Bellows and I live in New York City. This is my cover of W.C. Handy's 1914 song,"Yellow Dog Blues."

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"The latest single from Bellows has a distinctly John Martyn feel to it. Atmospheric & entrancing." (FATEA)

"The New York singer-songwriter [Bellows] is found in a pensive mood contemplating what it is that makes us us, what it is to live, and what, if anything, is the purpose that we should be striving to find." (Americana UK)  

Well Water (feat. Shara Nova) (archive)

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Bandcamp

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