“‘Baker’s Globe Mallow’ is a personal story of the wildfires in Northern California. We wrote the song while fires were raging and tragically, the fires are still spreading even now as the song is released. The process feels relevant not only to my life now, but to the way people listen to new music...
[Verse]
We were driving, following the river
A Northern California get away
A burned-down forest, tree trunks and ashes
Must've blazed up like a bail of hay
So we left the car beside the road
And wandered in desolation
[Verse]
Watercolor, baker's globe mallow
Hollyhock, the dawn, and the wasteland
Purple splashes, hope among the ashes
Just enough to hold in your hand
[Chorus]
Some kind of flowers only bloom
After the burn...
We will return
[Verse]
We slept on the ground
The wind was howling like a ghost
When we got back home
There were ashes in our hair and clothes
[Verse]
Now I'm older, look out at the mountains
Watch how the colors slowly changed
I remember the baker's globe mallow
How I never looked at life the same
[Chorus]
Some kind of flowers only bloom
After the burn...
We will return
[Interlude]
[Outro]
Some kind of flowers only bloom
After the burn...
We will return
Baker’s Globe Mallow was written by Dan Wilson & Brett Dennen.
Baker’s Globe Mallow was produced by Dan Wilson & Brett Dennen.
Brett Dennen released Baker’s Globe Mallow on Tue Aug 07 2018.