Name: Taking The Wheel
Duration: P00H05M31S
Description: Recorded at Vault Artist Studios Belfast 2020

Taking The Wheel

by Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside

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Recorded at Vault Artist Studios Belfast 2020

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Taking the Wheel

Sarah sits in the passenger seat and
Ponders the thought of taking the wheel,
Being more than indulged or humoured navigation,
The comfort of feeling as though she’s directing.

Gesturing left and gesturing right,
Turn around down here,
Pull in at the side of the road.
There’s something you need to know.

The two of them there sitting side by side,
David driving and Sarah beside.
The splashing rain on the window screen,
The straining drain of nature’s spleen.

Gesturing left and gesturing right,
Turn around down here,
Pull in at the side of the road.
There’s something you need to know.

David dares his eyes to glance over,
But can already feel the heat rising off her.
Condensation closing in,
Makes it hard to see the road in front of him.

Gesturing left and gesturing right,
Turn around down here,
Pull in at the side of the road.
There’s something you need to know.

Saved by the radio once again,
A song comes on to take them out of there skin,
And in love now as they listen to words,
That others have sung so that they don’t have to.

Gesturing left and gesturing right,
The hum of the engine, a hum womb-like.
Daring feet upon the dashboard speak,
A sweet desire for more, rotting away from the core.

David resigns to indicate,
And the engine cuts at the edge of a lake.
The song is reaching its final refrain,
Their only wish is for it to remain.

Gesturing left and gesturing right,
Turn around down here.
Pull in at the side of the road,
There’s something you need to know.

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released June 4, 2021
Written by Laura Quirke
Produced by Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke

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Laura Quirke Dublin, Ireland

Laura Quirke is a singer, songwriter and musician from Mt Leinster Co. Carlow, based in Dublin Ireland. One half of duo Lemoncello.

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