During this song in the musical, Jack Wolfe (who plays the balladeer) is the one who is singing this to the main character, Harold Fry, right when Harold decides to embark on his journey. We can see how the balladeer is trying to encourage Harold to see all the beauty of the Earth around him and try...
[BACKGROUND VOCALS]
Ooh, ooh
[PASSENGER, BACKGROUND VOCALS]
Can you hear the countryside singing? (ooh)
Can you see the green shoots and humble beginnings? (ooh)
Cracking and blossoming, popping and springing up from the soil in the ground
Can you feel the sun on your face? (ooh)
Warming the cracks and the lines that life placed on you, (ooh)
Air so sweet it's a treat just to taste it?
Don't waste it or wish it away (ooh)
Ah, you’ve been stuck inside your shoebox for so long (ooh)
Won't you step outside and hear the countryside song?
[BACKGROUND VOCALS]
Ooh, ooh
[JACK WOLFE, BACKGROUND VOCALS, BOTH]
Can you hear the countryside singing? (ooh)
Can you see the spiders and the webs that they're spinning? (can you see?)
Pale as milk, shining like silk
Glistening in the morning rain
Have you seen the candy floss clouds? (ooh)
Blooming white pillows that billow so proud (ooh)
Tell me the shapes and the faces you see
Now you're free to stare up at the sky (ooh)
Ah, you’ve been stumbling through the silence for so long (oo-oo-ooo)
Won't you clear your voice and sing the countryside song?
[BACKGROUND VOCALS]
Ah-ah
[PASSENGER & JACK WOLFE, BACKGROUND VOCALS]
Let it open your mind, (oo-ah-aah)
Heaven knows it's time
To feel the wind blowing, (ooh)
To see the stars glowing, (ooh)
And the silver moonlight on the trees
To feel the change coming
Like wild horses running
It's time to set yourself free
Song for the Countryside was written by Passenger.
Song for the Countryside was produced by Chris Vallejo & Passenger.
Passenger released Song for the Countryside on Fri Jul 18 2025.