Charlie O'Brien - Fire and Foam (lyric video)

Fire and Foam is the title track of an album to come, forgoing, or maybe better put, branching out from Irish roots to carve a new sound of synthetic and organic forces moulded into one. Featuring the trumpet playing of Roy Kelleher of the No1 Brigade Irish Army Band, and my niece Ava O'Malley on backing vocals, the song (and album) deals with destruction and realignment to a new world.
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Fire and foam, young men grown old.
Listen to them rave and rant ‘til their grave,
while some others sullen, wait ‘til death is upon them
to launch out their cry, when their end is nigh,
whole worlds unfold.
Since the day you left, I haven’t grasped it yet,
there’s a place in my heart where it all ripped apart,
I haven’t clung to a hope or a home or a dream,
I haven’t felt what it meant to be parted or pulled or returned.
Come rolling thunder, let’s fall asunder,
in the blink of an eye, a long dream dies.
I haven’t felt what it meant, though my soul is rent,
I haven’t broken theses plans, though that world is gone,
I haven’t shattered the dreams, I’ve fallen apart at the seams,
you haven’t lifted the phone, told me to move on,
though it's been five years, I’ve not shed a tear,
though that world is gone, I go on.
Charlie O'Brien - piano, vocals, synths, bass.
Ava O'Malley - backing vocals.
Trumpet - Roy Kelleher.
Mastered by Ruairi O'Flaherty of Echo Mastering in L.A.
Recorded and mixed at Trouble or Fortunes Studios in Killarney, Ireland and on the road in Mexico.
I shot the footage in Cañón del Sumidero in Chiapas, Mexico in 2019. It was the first time I had used the slow motion effect on my camera. I messed up the settings a bit, but in retrospect leant into that aesthetic and made a feature of the fuckup, and that is the lyric video we have today!
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[@tononapalavecino7955]

Muy lindo Charli!!!!

[@Maanarer]

😍😍😍😍

[@juancarloscabe]

Beautiful song Charlie and Ava! the trompet and the piano also spectaculars!

[@CharlieOBrienTF]

Thank you kindly Juan. Greetings from Mexico! Hope all is well in España!

[@juancarloscabe]

@@CharlieOBrienTF Looking forward to see you in a Gig!

[@CharlieOBrienTF]

You’ll have to come to Kerry next summer! I’m guessing Mexico would be a bridge too far!