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The first song on The Microphones' third and most well-known album, The Glow Pt. 2. In the aftermath of a catastrophic event (most probably a breakup), all the commotion and turmoil has died down. Now that he’s all alone, all he wants is change – for wind to blow and take him anywhere else.
This so...
[Verse 1]
The Thunderclouds
Broke up
And the rain dried up, the lightning let up
The clacking shutters just shut up
[Verse 2]
There's no black or white, no change in the light
No night, no golden sun
The sound of cars, the smell of bars
The awful feeling of electric heat
Under fluorescent lights, there's sacrifice
There's hard feelings, there's pointless waste
[Bridge]
I want wind to blow
[Verse 3]
My clothes off me, sweep me off my feet
Take me up, don't bring me back
Oh, where I can see days pass by me
I have no head to hold in grief
[Verse 4]
But there's no hope for me, I've been set free
There's no breeze, there's no ship on my sea
[Instrumental]
I Want Wind To Blow was written by Phil Elverum.
I Want Wind To Blow was produced by Phil Elverum.
The Microphones released I Want Wind To Blow on Tue Sep 25 2001.
“I don’t remember what got me thinking about storms as a metaphor for emotional turmoil, but there were a bunch of songs on this theme. This one I remember writing, discovering the guitar line, sitting on the guest bed in my friend Mirah’s parents’ house outside Philadelphia in the fall of 2000 in t...