The ninth and penultimate song in Basia Bulat’s fourth album Good Advice (2016), “The Garden” is a calm ode to the perseverance of a relationship.
This soft ballad marks a stark change from the more hyperactive and burdened tone of the album up to that point; together with “Someday Soon”, it serves...
[Verse 1]
Here
Where the grass is the tallest
Lilacs all done with their blooming
Keeping your eyes closed to see it
[Verse 2]
Here
In the garden we wanted
In our dream
We might not know
Walking through
Minding the old fence
On the edge of an ocean
[Chorus 1]
We won't look back
And if we don't, we won't be lost
I won't look back
I know I won't
I know I won't be lost
[Verse 3]
Even when daylight was shortest
You were still calling me darling
Lilacs were all overgrown then
There in the garden we wanted
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 4]
In a year or two
If we find ourselves
Walking through
Minding the old fence
There where the grass is the tallest
[Chorus 2]
We won't look back
We won't be lost
We won't look back, and if we don't
We won't be lost
Oh, don't look back
And if you don't, you won't be lost
I won't look back
I know I won't
I know I won't be lost
The Garden was written by Basia Bulat.
The Garden was produced by Jim James.
Basia Bulat released The Garden on Fri Feb 12 2016.