Story Behind The Song
Started from an image & a relationship. To be a whirling dervish spinning in someones hand, is an uncomfortable place to be.
Song Description
Reflecting on past relationships "rarely connected by tenderness" and thinking about the confusion of new relationship. It's about when you are whirling in someone's hand, at their mercy.
| Song Length |
2:20 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed |
Subject |
Dysfunctional Relations |
| Similar Artists |
Joan Armatrading |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Whirling
It?s been a series of dreams
Ever since I?ve been 18
One movement into the next
Rarely connected by tenderness
Rarely connected by tenderness
I?m a whirling dervish in your hands
Try as I might I can?t understand
Why you choose the sky
Over our delicate beautiful land
I can barely see you now you are a speck behind a cloud
Raven flying through the night
I will catch you if I can if I can
I will catch you if I can
Bring you back to our beautiful delicate land
I?m a whirling dervish in this land
Running my fingers through its sand
Trying to make something
Taking that risk
In a world rarely connected by tenderness