We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Fray

by Lucy Woodward

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

about

Fray, the first single from Lucy’s forthcoming album “Stories From The Dust” is the story of the unraveling heart. Lucy came home from a tour and unpacked her things. She knew something had changed in her on the road. All her rips and stains were now fuel for mending other aspects of her life. It took 4 years for the song to unravel and for parts of her life to repair. She shared the song to finish it with David Garza who she co-wrote many of the songs with on Stories From The Dust.

lyrics

Fray

I washed the clothing that I wore
Some things you just don’t ever throw away
Stitched up the holes that weren’t there before
I snipped the threads
I scrubbed the stains

Yeah, I broke my man in two
I did things I didn’t know I could do
I patched him up and myself, too
Cause there’s a life we get back to

If I start to unravel and then I start to fray
I gotta keep it together or I won’t be ok
Cause there are strings that bind us
And ones that tie down
It’s as tiny as a needle in a stack of hay but bigger than a house
If I let it fray

There are days the house is hushed
I move around all the furniture
That’s what I do when times are tough
It’s a blessing
It’s a curse

No matter what the hurting was
Ooh, it barely pierced the skin
Inside I fall apart at the seams
Cause there’s a life I want back in

Then I start to unravel and then I start to fray
I gotta keep it together in my own little way
Cause there are strings that bind us
And ones that tie us down
It’s as tiny as a needle in a stack of hay but bigger than a house
If I let it fray

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
Oooo, oooo
Ahhh

I wash the clothing that I wore
Some things I just can’t ever throw away
Stitched up the holes that weren’t there before
I snipped the threads
I scrubbed the stains

Then we start to unravel and then we start to pray
We gotta keep it together in our own little way
Cause there are things that bond us
And ones that tear us down
It’s as tiny as a needle in a stack of hay but bigger than a house
If I let it fray
Mmm
If I let it fray
If I let it fray

credits

released September 8, 2023
Lead voacls: Lucy Woodward
Music & Lyrics: Lucy Woodward & David Garza
Guitars, Mellotron, clavinet: David Garza
Upright bass: Tim Lefevre
Drums: Amy Wood
Background vocals: Gaby Moreno, Holly Palmer, Lucy Woodward
Strings: J’Anna Jacoby
Percussion: David Garza, Jan Pohl
Recorded by: Jerry Ordonez
Additional engineering: Jan Pohl
Background vocals recorded by: Dave Way
Strings recorded by: Curt Schneider
Mixed by: Justin Stanley
Mastered by: Dave McNair
Recorded at Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, Texas

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Lucy Woodward New York, New York

"Stories From The Dust" - to be released on April 5, 2024. Her 7th album and perhaps her most personal album yet. Recorded on the border of Mexico and Texas, Lucy wrote songs like she’d never written before about the fiercely unconventional women who raised her—and those she merely observed from the sandbox or subway.

Read more about Lucy here:

www.lucywoodward.com/bio
... more

contact / help

Contact Lucy Woodward

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Lucy Woodward, you may also like: