Name: Way the Wind Blows by Ruth Owens in ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 392
Duration: 4 min 37 s
Description: Ruth wrote Way the Wind Blows when she was 12 years old. The lyrics reflect on missing her dad whilst growing up as he worked as a touring musician. Now 23, she has reimagined the song with her band, featuring guitars from James Cooke, recorded by Mark Lewis at Germanium Studios in Manchester.

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Mastering: Pete Maher
Artwork: Luca Shaw

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"Lost Goals" - Jacques Labouchere

Written by Nadedja
Produced by HATi
Mixed and Mastered by John 'Trafik' Elliot
Artwork Original Photo by Michael Sreenan
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Lyrics

It seems like
This is the step I take
To see you
It seems like
Halfway here
I lost the truth

Empty mugs
All that I am
On the kitchen floor
Vulnerable me
Dripping down the sink
All that’s in between

And I shift and change
And I rearrange 
And I fill with rage
And I try again
And it’s all about
The way I hold my mind
And I if I keep you close
I might free your mind

And I hold your body 
Like you’re holding mine
And I feel the cure
Running down my spine
It’s a strange exchange
The way we’re shattered now
But I feel alive

When I hold on to you
Unfold you
Hold on to you
Hold on to you

Let me be
The one who holds you close 
Intertwined 
I’m your ghost
Our veins, blood
Flows through me

It seems like
This is the step I take
To see you
To see you

And I shift and change
And I rearrange 
And I fill with rage
And I try again
And it’s all about
The way I hold my mind
And I if I keep you close
I might free your mind

And I hold your body 
Like you’re holding mine
And I feel the cure
Running down my spine
It’s a strange exchange
The way we’re shattered now
But I feel alive

When I hold on to you
Unfold you
Hold on to you
Hold on to you

Unfold you (unfold you)
Unfold you (unfold you)
Hold on to you (unfold you)

(C) 2021 Nadedja Leal

Unfold

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Reuben

Ruth wrote Way the Wind Blows when she was 12 years old. The lyrics reflect on missing her dad whilst growing up as he worked as a touring musician. Now 23, she has reimagined the song with her band, featuring guitars from James Cooke, recorded by Mark Lewis at Germanium Studios in Manchester.

Way the Wind Blows

Growing up in Birmingham, Ruth Owens began to sing and learn the violin and guitar as a young child. By 16 she had recorded her first EP entitled ‘Strong’, from which two tracks gained radio play on BBC 6 Music, and the title track was placed in the independent film ‘Just Charlie’ which premiered on Sky Movies in 2017. After moving to Manchester to study at The RNCM she met James, Kieran, Fraser and Noah, who became great friends and band mates. After consolidating this new line up, Ruth and the band have been writing new material and gigging regularly around Manchester, and in 2019 signed with indie label Northern Quarter Records. Ruth is currently releasing singles from her upcoming EP 'Growing Up and Moving On' which will be released in its entirety in April 2021. Her latest single 'Live On In You' is a hopeful reflection on keeping the memory of a loved one alive throughout feelings of loss, and features solo violin performed by Isabella Baker.

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Way the Wind Blows

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