All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun

Trust Me #15

It is quite rare to discover a truly mesmerising, beautiful, jaw dropping, stop you in your tracks song. A song so good that you listen to it again and again and marvel at the beauty, the soul, the soundscapes, the performance, the art ...

Over the weekend I discovered a magical song that immediately cast a hypnotic spell on me on first listen, causing me to go back to listen again and again.

The discovery of this rare gem came through Teddy Jamieson at The Herald via an article he wrote on 10 amazing Scottish voices. 

Jamieson includes the remarkable Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins in his feature and urges readers to check All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun , an unfinished & unreleased song by Fraser and her then partner Jeff Buckley.

I had no idea that Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser were a couple. This is a quite extraordinary song and performance, with both artists taking flight, soaring majestically and with ease.

Opening with a fiercely strummed acoustic with bursts of (then joined by) electric, Fraser opens gently before her voice rises dramatically to let rip in the second line, oh I am fuse. She repeats this trick / skill before Buckley comes in all soothing and romantic for the first chorus.

Fraser's improvises over Buckley's acoustic, making some incredible intense noises that sound equally painful, passionate and spine tingling, before the two sing the chorus together.

Buckley takes the next verse, showcasing how his own voice can rise, play, swoop and soar. Fraser takes the final verse as Buckley hums the melody to the chorus, before singing it, then Fraser joins him.

All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun is beautifully raw, capturing something delicate, passionate and deeply emotional.

Jamieson reports that Fraser didn't want the song to be released as it was unfinished, I am so glad that a bootleg version has made its way out there.

This is songwriting and performance at its purest best, a song I will return to again and again.

You can listen on Soundcloud, the lyrics and YouTube link are below.

My eyes are, a baptism

Oh I am fuse

And sing her, into my thoughts

Oh phantom elusive thing, oh

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one, here is one, here is one

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one

Keep it going in me, wicked traveller

Fading father from me

With your face in my window glow

Oh, where will you weep for me?

Sweet willow

It's OK to be angry

But not to hurt me

Your happiness

Yes, yes, yes

Darling, darling, darling

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one

All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one

If you use Spotify you can find a playlist of all the songs from the Trust Me series of blogs by searching for Everything Flows Trust Me or clicking HERE 

You will need to use the Soundcloud and YouTube links for this particular gem.

Previous Trust Me blogs

1. Something On Your Mind by Karen Dalton

1A. Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells

2. I Am, I Said  by Neil Diamond

3. Where's The Playground Susie?   by Glen Campbell

4. If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lighfoot

5. Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon

6. Gone With The Wind Is My Love by Rita and the Tiaras

7. In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans

8. The Music Box by Ruth Copeland

9. The Ship Song by Nick Cave

10. Sometimes by James

11. I Walk The Earth by King Biscuit Time

12. Didn't Know What I Was In For by Better Oblivion Community Centre

13. When My Boy Walks Down The Street by The Magnetic Fields

14. The Man Don't Give A F**k by Super Furry Animals