Song Review
Tonight’s post needs to be short and sweet, as I will be riding my new $99 mountain bike to band practice; I have managed to “convince” myself that riding a bike will completely negate the negative effects of smoking. The tune I chose for this evening continues with my efforts to place more focus on Canadian acts. Pulling on a Line can be found on the Wainfleet, Ontario indie/folk-rock band Great Lake Swimmers‘ fourth studio album Lost Channels. Pulling on a Line was the first single released in support of the album in January of 2009. The album itself was released on March 31, 2009.
The line runs through like a train in a book
Or metres underwater, ending with a hook
It sways in the air when there’s
wind enough to lift,
The fine ones are boundaries when
There is a rift
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
I’m just pulling on a line
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
Sometimes it pulls on me
The line, it inks across the freshly fallen snow,
Where only those embracing coldness would go
It whistles and it whispers, and sometimes it howls,
It sings to me sweetly from the trees and in vowels
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
I’m just pulling on a line
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line,
And sometimes it pulls on me
The line, it writes itself across the dark sky,
In the electric flushes ending with a sigh
It weaves itself into a fabric so true
and flows just like the river, graceful and blue
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line,
I’m just pulling on a line
I’m just pulling on a line, on a line
And sometimes it pulls on me
