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Album: Babel (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This two-minute strum about the peril of being away from loved ones was penned by double bassist Ted Dwane. Banjo player Winston Marshall told The Sun: "That was written by Ted and captures how hard it is."
  • Dwane told Rolling Stone that the song, "is very much about being away and trying to keep sight of the one you've left behind."

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