The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
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The opening and title track to Damon Albarns 2021 Album “The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows”.
The songs title and lyrics come from the poem the album is based on; “Love and Memory” by John Clare.
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You have gone
The dark journey that leaves no returning
It's fruitless for me to mourn you
But who can help mourning?
[Chorus]
To think of life that did laugh on your face
In the beautiful past, left so desolate now
When youth seemed immortal, so sweet it did weave
Heaven's halo around you
[Verse 2]
Earth's hope to deceive, you were the fairest and dearest
Where many were fair, to my heart you were nearest
Thе year has its winter as well as its May
Thе sweetest leave us and the fairest decay
[Refrain]
The nearer the fountain, more pure the stream flows
[Chorus]
To think of life that did laugh on your face
In the beautiful past, left so desolate now
When youth seemed immortal, so sweet it did weave
Heaven's halo around you
[Bridge]
Around you
Around you
Earth's hope to deceive around you
Around you
[Refrain]
The nearer the fountain, more pure the stream flows
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Q&A
Who wrote The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows's ?
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows was written by Simon Tong & André de Ridder & John Clare & Damon Albarn.
Who produced The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows's ?
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows was produced by Samuel Egglenton & Damon Albarn.
When did Damon Albarn release The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows?
Damon Albarn released The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows on Tue Jun 22 2021.
What have the artists said about the song?
I’d had that phrase for a while and thought that was a good working title for the Icelandic project. It was only in Devon at the end of [2020] that I realised where it had come from fully—I’d obviously read the poem [John Clare’s Love and Memory, adapted here] at some point. And that poem just felt...