Cassandra was supposed to join David Berman (known as the man behind Silver Jews) on his comeback tour as Purple Mountains back in 2019 but just before the tour even started David Berman commited suicide taking the music world by surprise.
[Verse 1]
My suit came in the mail today
We settled on navy blue
Turns out it fits ok
Over a t-shirt and dress shoes
[Verse 2]
I'm on a 787
The rain's coming down outside
Can't seem to grasp what happened
I close my eyes
[Chorus]
Landing in Oslo
There's still something in the air
No matter where I go
You're gone, you're everywhere
[Post-Chorus]
You're gone, you're everywhere
Everywhere
[Verse 3]
Farewell Purplе Mountains
I see a range of cumulus
The majesty's transmutation
Distant, ambiguous
[Chorus]
Thе skies replace the land with air
No matter where I go
You're gone, you're everywhere
[Post-Chorus]
You're gone, you're everywhere
Everywhere
[Bridge]
The poetry
It's not lost on me
I'm left asking
How it found me
The poetry
It's not lost on me
I walk around alone
Laughing in the street
[Outro]
Laughing in the street
Laughing in the street
Ambiguous Norway was written by Cassandra Jenkins.
Ambiguous Norway was produced by Josh Kaufman.
Cassandra Jenkins released Ambiguous Norway on Fri Feb 19 2021.
Cassandra Jenkins via Apple Music:
The song is titled after one of David’s cartoons, a drawing of a house with a little pinwheel on the top. It’s about that moment where I was experiencing this grief of David passing away, where I was really saturated in it. I threw myself onto this island in Norwa...