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ISLANDER Single
Release Date: 27 | 05 | 22
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ABOUT ISLANDER
Penned and first performed on the streets of Europe, ‘Islander’ is the debut track from the upcoming record of Belfast-native Dave McKendry. In this love letter to his home island of Ireland, laced with threads of lilting Irish Airs, McKendry wrestles with nostalgia and dreams of the Irish coast while travelling alone across the continent,asking and answering, “If you love me then why did you leave? It’s ‘cause I’ve got more to see, but I’ll always be an Islander.” As one more Irishman finds home on foreign soil, ‘Islander’ might just be the voice of the many who’ve found themselves far from their native hills, longing for all they’ve left behind.
Producer: Oliver Hegarty
Director: Dave McKendry
ISLANDER LYRICS
As the years draw
Lines over my face
Wherever they draw their lines
You'll still be the same place
I've heard you called
Many and more names
But your name is on the wind
The leaves and the wood grain
It's home, home, home
Mile after mile I'll push these feet
Still I can feel it pulling me
If Éireann is calling I would come running
I would come running
Sometimes I hear her when she speaks
She says, “If you love me then why did you leave?”
It's ‘cause I've got more to see
But I'll always be an Islander
Now I go to the coast
‘cause that's where I'm home the most
As crazy as it may seem
The edge always centred me
But whether it's wave on rock
Still water at Glendalough
Slieve League ripping through the sky
The Gaps or the Glens I see when I close my eyes
I'm home, home, home
Mile after mile I'll push these feet
Still I can feel it pulling me
If Éireann is calling I would come running
I would come running
Sometimes I hear her when she speaks
She says, “If you love me then why did you leave?”
It's ‘cause I've got more to see
But I'll always be an Islander
I'll always be an Islander
Yea I’ve got more to see
But I'll always be an Islander
Lyrics: Dave McKendry, Shane Ó Fearghail
Music: Dave McKendry, Martin Kromar, Florian Cojocaru