Lullaby (Clear Your Head) 

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My name is Eelke. I'm a singer, songwriter and musician from The Netherlands. Check out my videos and let me know what you think!
Lullaby (Clear Your Head) is the sixth and last song on my 2016 Old Friend EP. Originally we were only gonna record five songs, but I wrote this one just before we started the recordings and I thought it would be nice to include it as the last song. To make the EP end a bit more hopeful.
If I remember correctly we tried recording it a couple of times with a slightly different feel, trying to add different parts to the arrangement. But in the end we went back to the first take we did and kept the arrangement really simple. Just adding vocals and an old pump organ, which was part of the furniture in the house where we built our temporary studio.
Lyrics
When you’re fighting but it’s not enough
And you’re getting close to giving up
When it’s your game, but it’s gone too rough
And you feel it’s gonna have to stop
Just get this in your mind, it’s not the end
Sometimes it’s just too hard to take a stand
Find yourself some distance, just step back
And clear your head
When you worry ‘cause there’s not much time
If it follows you all through the night
You’ll wake up and you will find
You’ve only just postponed the fight
There’s no use trying to save what’s lost and gone
When you’re too close to see where it went wrong
Find yourself some distance, just step back
And clear your head
When you’re fighting but it’s not enough
(clear your head, find some distance)
And you’re getting close to giving up
(you’re just too close to see what’s wrong)
When it’s your game, but it’s gone too rough
(there’s no use trying to save what’s gone)
And you feel it’s gonna have to stop
(clear your head, clear your head)
Credits
Eelke Ankersmit - vocals, acoustic guitar
Bram van de Glind - pump organ
Mariecke Borger - vocals
Produced by Bram van de Glind & Eelke Ankersmit
Mixed and mastered by Jaap van der Kleijn at Shoelace Productions
Photography and artwork by McKlin
© 2016 Eelke Music