Evening Ferry was written on the boat back from the islands. Vale recorded the ferry horn and used it as the song’s downbeat.
Song story
Evening Ferry
Mira Vale · Coastal Light · 2024 · 4:33
The longest song on Coastal Light.
At a glance
- Release date
- May 17, 2024
- Album
- Coastal Light
- Label
- Tide Line
- Genre
- Indie Folk
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 4:33
- Artist
- Mira Vale
The story
About this song
Interpretation
What the song is about
On journeys that feel longer coming back.
Close listen
Craft and analysis
The ferry horn is pitched down and looped beneath the final verse.
Licensed lyrics
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Evening ferry, island light
The horn sounded and we began
The water carried us back
Written on the boat from the islands
[Chorus]
On journeys that feel longer coming back
The ferry horn pitched down below
Looping beneath the final verse
Where the island light won't go
[Verse 2]
Vale recorded the horn as the downbeat
The longest song on the album
Four minutes thirty-three of water
And the evening ferry column
[Chorus]
On journeys that feel longer coming back
The ferry horn pitched down below
Looping beneath the final verse
Where the island light won't go
[Bridge]
The island light fades in the wake
The horn sounds and we begin
Coming back always takes longer
Than going out from where we've been
[Chorus]
On journeys that feel longer coming back
The ferry horn pitched down below
Looping beneath the final verse
Where the island light won't go
[Outro]
Evening ferry
Island light
Credits
Who made this record
- Label
- Tide Line
Licensing
Lyrics and usage
Lyrics are public domain
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