The title track’s old world waltzing piano and woozy country guitar swells are pensive yet hopeful. Old Flame is a melancholy tribute to a love that never quite got off the ground.
lyrics
OLD FLAME
Old friend old flame
Your move I’m staying
Come in I’m here
Let’s hide our fear
Your voice is hard with edges I don’t remember
Standing on guard until it’s safe again
Old news old blame
Can I explain?
You had it all but everything wasn’t good enough
Do you ever stop and think about when we both thought it was?
They were good days, we would listen to CKUA up late
We got caught in the rain old flame
Is it true: did I break your heart?
Or did it crack- was it the start?
Would sorry help?
Can this tension be tamed old flame?
If it was a game old flame, I didn’t know we were playing
I didn’t know we were playing
credits
from Old Flame,
released August 24, 2018
Written and arranged by Giselle Parker
Performed by Giselle Parker and Aaron Parker, featuring Tom Murray on string bass
Recorded and mixed at the Red Room in Edmonton, AB
Mastered by Doug Organ
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