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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Florence Welch
Vocals
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Piano
Emile Haynie
Synthesizer
Andrew Wyatt
Bass Guitar
Thomas Bartlett
Piano
Ed Tarrant
Trombone
Mary Scully
Double Bass
Julia Singleton
Violin
Rachel Robson
Viola
Joel Hunter
Viola
Gillon Cameron
Violin
Dan Newell
Flugelhorn
Ian Humphries
Violin
Andy Wood
Trombone
Katy Woolley
French Horn
Pip Eastop
French Horn
Reiad Chibah
Viola
Everton Nelson
Violin
Richard George
Violin
Emil Chakalov
Violin
Calina De La Mare
Violin
Tom Pigott-Smith
Violin
Louisa Fuller
Violin
Clare Orsler
Viola
Allen Walley
Double Bass
Bruce White
Viola
Tony Woollard
Cello
Owen Slade
Tuba
Anthony Pike
Bass Clarinet
Vicky Matthews
Cello
Warren Zielinski
Violin
Oli Langford
Violin
Alison Dods
Violin
Gavin McNaughton
Bassoon
Lucy Wilkins
Violin
Clare Orsler
Viola
Ian Burdge
Cello
Chris Worsey
Cello
Richard Watkins
French Horn
Richard Berry
French Horn
Andy Crowley
Trumpet
Dave Bishop
Baritone Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Florence Welch
Songwriter
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Songwriter
Sally Herbert
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Florence Welch
Producer
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Co-Producer
Emile Haynie
Producer
Brett Shaw
Recording Engineer
Tom Bailey
Recording Engineer
Timothy Montague
Additional Engineer
John Prestage
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tom Elmhirst
Mixing Engineer
Brandon Bost
Assistant Mixing Engineer
John Davis
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I feel nervous in a way that can't be named
I dreamt last night of a sign that read
"The end of love"
And I remember thinkin'
Even in my dreaming
It was a good line for a song
[PreChorus]
We were a family pulled from a flood
You tore the floorboards off
And let the river rush in
Not wash away, wash away
[Chorus]
We were reaching in the dark
That summer in New York
And it was so far to fall
But it didn't hurt at all
I let it wash away, wash away
[Verse 2]
In a moment of joy and fury
I threw myself from the balcony like my grandmother some years before me
I've always been in love with you
Could you tell it from the moment that I met you?
[PreChorus]
And we were a family pulled from the flood
You tore the floorboards off
Let the river rush in
Not wash away, wash away
[Chorus]
We were reaching in the dark
(Wash away)
That summer in New York
(Wash away)
And was it so far to fall?
(Wash away)
Said it didn't hurt at all
I let it wash away, wash away
[Bridge]
And Joshua
Came down from the mountain
With the tablet in his hands, ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Told me that he loved me, yeah
And then ghosted me again
[Chorus]
We were reaching in the dark
That summer in New York
And it was so far to fall
But it didn't hurt at all
I let it wash away, wash away
[Chorus]
Reaching in the dark
(Wash away)
Oh, that summer in New York
(Wash away)
And it was so far to fall (Was it so far to fall?)
(Wash away)
But it didn't hurt at all
I let it wash away, wash away
Written by: Florence Welch, Tobias Jesso Jr.