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You Can Run (Fern​’​s Theme)

from Loom by The Orbweavers

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We live with a retired racing greyhound called Fern. She was trained to run in races from birth, and for this reason we are never allowed to let her off the lead in a public place. She could potentially run off at 60 kms per hour, and we would never catch her. Due to her training she also doesn't understand about traffic or roads.

‘You Can Run’ is about how Fern has to stay on the lead. Other dogs run up to her at the park, and try to get her to run with them, but she is not allowed to, and that makes us sad. Fern seems good natured about it. She does horse-like jumps of excitement on the lead when other dogs approach, rearing up on her hind legs. She does this silently, and is very quiet in general. We have only heard her bark once.

This song is about living with duties, restrictions, responsibilities. Stuart wrote the guitar solo based on the way Fern does short running bursts in our backyard. I think it captures her playful moves and personality well.

- The text above was written in 2011, Fern passed away in 2018, we miss her so very much.

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You can run, you can run -
But you will never, ever run
Truly free;
It breaks my heart,
Unbridled future’s not the plane we see.
I remind myself,
That I still
Want to grow old;
From recklessness,
To blanket,
And bowl -
Finding a home.

You can run, you can run -
But there will always be a pull at the rein.
From the heart to the head,
There is a wilderness of thought,
Unframed,
Like a wish, like a hope,
That I know,
Cannot
Come true;
I remind myself,
That sometimes it’s the things we don’t do,
That define us too.

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from Loom, released October 28, 2011

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The Orbweavers Melbourne, Australia

The Orbweavers are Marita Dyson & Stuart Flanagan, multidisciplinary artists working in song, performance and visual art. Their work responds to history, memory and place. They are interested in local waterways, industrial history and environmental change.

They have written and recorded 3 albums, co-produced by their greyhound companions, Fern (RIP 2018) & Susie, released through Mistletone. ... more

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