The Cold the Dark and the Silence - Sea Wolf

I heard this song for the first on the Morning Show on MPR. I feel very lucky that my job at the bakery is enriched by a daily dose of really good music. So whilst kneading breads and scooping cookies out, this song came on and the lyrics caught my ear several times before I actually paused to listen.

I love how encouraging the singer is. I get this very clear image of a pioneer couple out on the prairie having an argument and this guy's trying to calm his lover down, telling her the cold, the dark and the silence aren't that bad. He'd be a good guy to have around in the middle of a Midwestern winter.

I went home and browsed the whole album (Leaves in the River) and loved the whole thing. On a shelf it wouldn't look out of place among Kings of Convenience, Sufjan Stevens, and the Shins. Some would argue that there's a surplus of soft singing, guitar and tamborine accompanied guy bands out there, but I say there must be a reason for it - maybe that's what the world needs right now - and I can think of a song from each of the above that has done my heart good to hear. So go have a listen and add a little Seawolf to your collection - among my other faves besides this song are the title track, "Leaves in the River" and "Middle Distance Runner"

Sea Wolf is actually one main guy named Alex Brown Church with a rotating bunch of musicians playing locally around L.A. He had been writing songs for the and "Irving" but they didn't really fit the band's style so he went off on his own.

Please don't lie, don't lie to me
that you're not afraid, my love.
I know you well enough to know
you can't be alone.

If you were to roll, to roll down your window
you'd find the wind, the ice, the trees
that sway like skeletons outside.

But when the cold, the dark, and the silence come
it's like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs.

Please don't fight, don't fight with me
and fold your arms like it's the end.
Can you smell the sweetness of the soil and snow in the wind?

So we're lost, we're lost out here on the plains, my love.
It's only wind and ice and trees that wave from above.

But when the cold, the dark, and the silence come
it's like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs.

When the cold, the dark, and the silence come
it's like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs.

Don't lie
Don't cry
It's over
It's only the leaves, the trees
I'll never leave you alone
In this car
In the dark, with the air getting so much colder.
It's so clear outside here, in the moon and winter air.

But when the cold, the dark, and the silence come
it's like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs.

When the cold, the dark, and the silence come
it's like a sudden rush of water
it's like a sudden rush of water
it's like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs.

The cold, the dark and the silence.
The cold, the dark and the silence.
The cold, the dark and the silence.
The cold, the dark and the silence.
The cold, the dark and the silence.
The cold, the dark and the silence...