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Towards the Hebrides

by Chloe Matharu

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"stunning, incredibly talented" BBC The Afternoon Show

Recorded by Bafta Award Winner and Producer Lomond Campbell at The Lengths Studio in the Highlands, this song is about escaping the heat and noise of the summer city, traveling to the space and light of the Hebrides by road and ferry. Released in tandem will be my self filmed video documenting my journey from Cambridge Folk Festival to EDF Festival on the Isle of Benbecula and features the beautiful sands of Hosta Beach on North Uist.

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I'm driving down the old coast road,
Thinking about the lies I've been told;
Watched my origami life unfold
And finally, how it all got old!

By the morning I will be
Out towards the Hebrides;
Wish I could drive for eternity,
Wish you were here with me.
I'll stop when I reach the sea,
Hop on board the ferry.
I'll travel alone, just me,
That's the way it has to be!

Packed up my bags tonight!
Time to leave my worries behind,
Had to go before morning light!
When you know it's time, it's time.
And it's magical in the moonlight,
when dreams grow from fears,
and I know,I know I will rise!

And it's magical in the moonlight,
when you're a bird on the wing,
And I know,I know I'll rise!I will rise,rise,rise!High,high,high!

As I drive alongside the bay
In the dark I can make out waves
I watch the seabirds drifting by
White Shadows sailing in the sky
I'm left with questions, Wondering Why
Like spirits chasing way up high
The trials and tribulations you try to leave Behind

And it's magical in the moonlight
When dreams grow from fears
And it's magical in the moonlight
When cares float off on the air
My demons can follow me
If they dare to try
But I'm traveling to a land bathed in
salt sea and light
And I know,I know I'll rise!I will rise,rise,rise!High,high,high!

Thinking about deceit,
And city living in this heat.
As morning comes I see the seals
The town’s lights are at my heals
On the last star I make a wish
The seals curl like fortune fish
A red flag in a liar’s hand I’m driving onwards to a new land!

White sands are waiting for me
Somewhere I’ve never been
Cold water to sooth my aching soul
And salt to cleanse me of my woes

And it's magical in the moonlight
When dreams grow up from fears
And it's magical in the moonlight
When cares float off on the air
My demons can follow me
If they dare to try
But I'm traveling to a land bathed in salt sea and light
And I know,I know I'll rise!I will rise,rise,rise!High,high,high!

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released September 19, 2023
Chloe Matharu

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Chloe Matharu Scotland, UK

"Her music is truly haunting" BBC Radio Scotland

Chloe is a multi Award winning singer songwriter and harpist on the West Coast of Scotland. Her songs are inspired by her time at sea as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy and the natural world, as experienced from sea. Through music she lends a voice to the modern day seafarer. ... more

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