Fire in the home
He who cast the stone
Flying to and fro
Headed for the throne
Find it wider still
Castle on a hill
Spilling over
I’m your clover
Peel the petal down
Round and round and round
Through the din grows
A vine, a vine, and a stone
A vine, a vine, and a sword
Grown and groan and grow
The wine
The wind
And the sword
Grown and groan and grow
Nailah Hunter released Through the Din on Fri Jan 12 2024.
‘Through the Din’ started out as a folk song with just harp and voice. I think the lyrics came to me in a bard-like storytelling format because I wanted to speak to an ancient quandary. I was thinking about nature beating back human greed, and how it persists through all of our little civilizations....