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Sam Lee - Bushes and Briars (Official Music Video) in association with Emergence Magazine
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sam Lee
Sam Lee
Lead Vocals
Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler
Electric Guitar
James Keay
James Keay
Piano
Misha Mullov-Abbado
Misha Mullov-Abbado
Double Bass
Josh Green
Josh Green
Drums
Ali Levack
Ali Levack
Whistle
Bridget O'Donnell
Bridget O'Donnell
Violin
Jack Yglesias
Jack Yglesias
Percussion
Yusuf Narçin
Yusuf Narçin
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sam Lee
Sam Lee
Songwriter
James Keay
James Keay
Songwriter
Misha Mullov-Abbado
Misha Mullov-Abbado
Songwriter
Josh Green
Josh Green
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler
Producer

Lyrics

Through bushes and through briars
I've lately made my way
All for to hear a small bird sing
I make my peace that way
All for to hear that small bird sing
And heed what they've to say
Your speak is filled with woe betide
Yet singularly sublime
A language, a liturgy, alive yet saturnine
For your rarity determines mine
Such times we find we're in the presence of
A reckoning divine
Sometimes I'm uneasy
And troubled in my mind
Sometimes I think we've gone too far
To turn it round in time
Sometimes I'm plagued
By all I should and must
And what we'll leave behind
Through bushes and through briars
Eventually we stray
And if we hear the small birds sing
Their requiem proclaims
You'll never hear so sweet as
The birds all in the spring
As we watch them fly away
Written by: James Keay, Josh Green, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Sam Lee

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