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I'm too tired

by CLR theory

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about

“It started as files, like little gifts that we’d send to each other, over the internet. Our debut album WAVES is full of love and catharsis. We hope listeners find in our music the comfort we found in making it.”

“I’m too tired” is a walking song, written by Gill after an NHS shift during the peak of the pandemic. The atmosphere of that time is captured through the fragments of original vocal and bird field recordings from her demo; the seagulls calling as the streets were bare and the hospitals were full.

The song has been archived in the National Library of Scotland in the Workers' Stories Project social history archive www.workersstories.org.uk/clrtheory/

lyrics

I'm too tired

I fold and then unfold
I fold and then unfold
Unfold and then I fold
Unfold and then I fold

Into and then unto
Unto and then into
I fold and then unfold,
Unfold and then I fold

I tried, but now I'm too tired,
I'm tired I can't try any more
I tried but now I'm too tired,
I can't fold any more

I fold and then unfold
I fold and then unfold
Unfold and then I fold
I fold and the unfold

Into and then unto
Into and then unto
I fold and then unfold,
Unfold and then I fold

I tried, but now I'm too tired,
I'm tired I can't try any more
I tried but now I'm too tired,
I can't fold any more

I tied myself into knots, I'm knotted and now it's sore

I tried, but now I'm too tired
I can't fold any more

I fold and then unfold
I fold and then unfold
Unfold and then I fold
Unfold and then I fold

Into and then unto
Unto and then into
I fold and then unfold,
Unfold and then I fold

I tried, but now I'm too tired,
I'm tired I can't try any more
I tried but now I'm too tired,
I can't fold any more

credits

released September 30, 2022
Written and arranged by Gill Higgins
Performed by Gill Higgins and Hannah Jarrett-Scott
Mixed by Calum Paterson
Mastered by James Grant (Sweet Wave Audio)
Artwork by Sébastien Sauvêtre
Photography Oisín Kealy

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CLR theory Glasgow, UK

This record started as a way to stay connected. As home recorded musical gifts sent to one another from lockdown. As things re-opened, we invited loved ones to collaborate with us. WAVES has provided us with community, joy and comfort; we hope it does the same for you.

lots of love,
Hannah and Gill x
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