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Peru
96
On Tour
Alternative
Peru was released on November 7, 2025 by Cadmean Dawn as a part of the album Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
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Release DateNovember 7, 2025
LabelCadmean Dawn
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM71

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Matt Douglas
Matt Douglas
Piano
John Darnielle
John Darnielle
Lead Vocals
Jon Wurster
Jon Wurster
Drums
Karen Galvin
Karen Galvin
Violin
Cameron Ralston
Cameron Ralston
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Darnielle
John Darnielle
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Matt Douglas
Matt Douglas
Producer
Ben Loughran
Ben Loughran
Assistant Engineer
D. James Goodwin
D. James Goodwin
Mixing Engineer
Matthew Barnhart
Matthew Barnhart
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You were already talking when I woke up today
For a man on combat rations, you sure do find a lot to say
Try to fix my attention, can't clear my head
Sun clearing the waterline, hot and deadly and red
[Chorus]
Like the flowers you said you wrote about
About a million years ago, you said they grew
On a distant mountain in Peru
[Verse 2]
I don't want the water to break you
Let me lead you back to the fire
You've always got a little further to drop
When you've risen that much higher
[Verse 3]
Fear in my heart like a shadow
I can't let it linger too long
When your gift begins to consume you
One of us will have to be strong
[Chorus]
Like the flowers that die in the winter
But never fail to come back new
In the cracks down in the canyons in Peru
[Bridge]
In the deep crevices where you wouldn't think the light could reach
Distant as a dream of the cradle on this lonesome beach
[Verse 4]
Let the man whose heart would know peace
Praise all the things that he should praise
Just about a week in the future
These are going to seem like the good days
[Verse 5]
Because the snake is going to rise from the pit
And brother will turn against brother
We won't have a minute to lose
At most, we'll only have each other
[Chorus]
Like the flowers you said you saw when you were young
When you were still you
Like the flowers you may have imagined
Doing what their nature tells them to
Worlds away in the wind in Peru
Written by: John Darnielle
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