The Throne from Spirit Photographs by Gillian Stone

“The Throne” is an an allegorical love song, it is about a mercurial mind grappling with the Acceptance of a helping hand, an open heart, and a kind love. The song juxtaposes true love and the waves of mental health; it is about noticing and learning how the two can coexist. “The Throne” came together in two pieces, with the first part being imbued with aloneness, and the second part with relational confluence. As the fifth and final song from Spirit Photographs, it represents Acceptance as the final stage of grief.

Tracklist

5.	The Throne	5:09

Lyrics

The Throne of a siren song
becoming me.
And I know that it won’t be long.
Come find me.

He’s peaceful and fast asleep,
I’m drowning.
And I know that it won't be long.
Come find me.
Lead me.

Lead me to the dock and
wrap me round the ankles,
throw me in a water
that I can’t afford to drink.

I think we’ll have a daughter
and name her by his father.
I’m so afraid of the water
that I can’t afford to think.

Lead me to the dock and
lock me round the ankles,
I’m bleeding and I’m honest –
what if I can’t breathe?

“I think we’ll have another”
is something I can’t suffer.
I’ve suffered and I’ve suffered and
his hand is helping me.

The Throne.

Cut me from the dock and
lift me from the water,
my mind is untoward
and it sends me out to sea.

I love him, oh I love him,
I kissed him round the ankles,
I nuzzled at his skirts
as he pulled me from the sea.

He took me to his garden
wild with reeds and Chardon.
He took me to his Throne
and he sat down beside me.

The water was below him,
it pooled around this Throne and
I’m so used to being alone now,
what if I can’t breathe?

The Throne.

Credits

from Spirit Photographs, track released November 4, 2022
Gillian Stone – vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizer
Michael Peter Olsen – e-cello
Spencer Cole – drums

Written by Gillian Stone (SOCAN)
Produced by Michael Peter Olsen and Gillian Stone in Uncomfortable Silence in Toronto.
Engineered and mixed by Michael Peter Olsen.
Electric guitar on and drums recorded at Union Sound Company, engineered by Chris Stringer and assisted by Darren McGill.
Mastered by David Travers-Smith.
Art direction by Gillian Stone.
Photography by Joel Gale and assisted by Danielle Fried.

This project was made possible by the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.

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