Too Far North

from Labor Against Waste by Christopher Paul Stelling

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

- you backslid into purgatory where the weather is pleasant always - you were so damn tired you unlaced your old boots, decided right then and there that you’d stay - but soon you felt stifled by those new found comforts and you missed that old road and it’s ways - so you set off again for what you knew would be the last time, on that horizon line you fixed your steady gaze - you were too far, too far north - they found you in a snowbank three miles from town, you were stiff as a petrified oak - built a fire by the roadside and tried to warm you but dear you just never awoke - in your pockets they found your grandfathers watch and a lighter and a couple of coins - it was clear to me then that you’d left this old world for the place that we all soon would join - you were too far, too far north - now i’m not much for words but if you’d never have left then dear i never would have known, that it’s better to die with a spark in your eye than a weak dying breath and a groan - unlike most of the rest i will remember you best for that restlessness that filled up your bones, and you kept on trying till the bitter end to escape that old world we had known - you were too far, too far north.

credits

from Labor Against Waste, released June 16, 2015

license

about

Christopher Paul Stelling New York

Christopher
Paul
Stelling.

christopherpaulstelling.com

shows

Apr 26

Askew Bar & Lounge

Providence, RI
Apr 29

Club Café

Pittsburgh, PA
May 1

Woodlands Tavern

Columbus, OH
May 6

Revival Room, Southgate House Revival

Newport, KY
May 10

Roberts Westside

Forest Park, IL
May 11

Rozz-Tox

Rock Island, IL
May 13

Fox Den Motel

Dubuque, IA
May 14

People's Brewing Co.

Lafayette, IN
May 15

Rose Music Hall

Columbia, MO
May 16

Hernando's Hide-A-Way

Memphis, TN
May 29

Avondale Brewing Company

Birmingham, AL
Jun 3

miniBar

Kansas City, MO
Jun 9

Golddiggers

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Jun 10

Soda Bar

San Diego, CA
Jun 11

The Lost Church

San Francisco, CA
Jun 12

The Lost Church

Santa Rosa, CA
Jun 24

The Showdown

Portland, OR
Sep 22

Vindanmark

Aarhus, Denmark
Oct 1

La Dame de Canton

Paris, France
Oct 13

ARCI Bellezza

Milan, Italy

contact / help

Contact Christopher Paul Stelling

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Christopher Paul Stelling, you may also like:

Punisher
by Phoebe Bridgers

supported by 10 fans who also own “Too Far North”

savior complex makes my stomach feel full when i forgot to have breakfast polimoley
go to album
boygenius
by boygenius

supported by 7 fans who also own “Too Far North”

this is probably one of the greatest recordings of all time. i'm in awe every time i listen to this ep. it's so well done and i love it sunsetradio
go to album
Stranger in the Alps
by Phoebe Bridgers

supported by 6 fans who also own “Too Far North”

Phoebe Bridgers ships vinyl faster than anyone else on Bandcamp. heymarkreeves
go to album
Keep Those Teardrops From Falling
by Natalie Bergman

featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 9, 2021
go to album
Mercy
by Natalie Bergman

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 20, 2021
go to album
Spider Tales
by Jake Blount

This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020
go to album
Axis Mundi
by Brown Bird

supported by 6 fans who also own “Too Far North”

Music that’s somehow beyond music. Depths upon depths. Philip Graham
go to album