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Sean Lennon, a close friend of Carrie Fisher, has shared a song they wrote together years ago. It's a recently recorded demo that he got Willow Smith, daughter of Will, to sing on.
At the very end of 2016, the world paused to grieve of Fisher, who was most famous for playing Princess Leia in George Lucas' epic Star Wars. Lennon expressed his grievances publicly at the time: "I can honestly say that Carrie was one of the best and closest friends I've ever had in my life,” he wrote on Instagram.
However he saved one of his greatest tributes until yesterday (5 March). The fruits of his work have are an incredibly poignant tribute. Both Fisher and Lennon's father John would most certianly have approved of the result. It's a supreme recording, rivallign the sound of many Beatles tracks, and there's so much genuine emotion burnt on there that you can't help feel moved.
Posting the song on Soundcloud, Sean wrote: “Carrie and I wrote this song years ago,” Lennon said. “When she died I just felt I had to record it. This is only a demo unmixed, we only had a few hours to record it. But the lyrics she wrote with me I think are marvellous. Carrie and I used to stay up til dawn chatting and pontificating about life. They were my best moments. Anyway … we wrote a song about staying up too late and hearing the birds sing. Willow Smith is a prodigal angel and was generous enough to lend her golden voice to this little tune.”
Listen to the collaboration below:
Read the lyrics to 'Bird Song':
Love comes on cat’s feet
It circles the corners
It sits by the window and whispers…
‘Mine! Your mine! all mine!’
My arm fell asleep
And dreamt it was your arm
Hush lest we break the spell, oh well, oh well..
It’s all so wrong
To greet the dawn
The birds sing that awful song saying
‘You don’t belong here!’
