Wandering
by Meiwei
Winter 2024-25
Barn swallow looking for insects in a grassy field in Hansville. photo by John F. Williams
Wandering
by Meiwei
Winter 2024-25
Here’s a song — you can read the words as you listen.
Wandering
WANDERING
by Meiwei
Where there’s a way there’s an aimless wanderer
Where there’s a tree there is shade
We watch the moss grow thick and long here
Marking the hours the days
You wonder what the blackberry is hiding
I wonder if the swallows tire of diving?
Ohh ohh oooh
I’m never lost just temporarily misplaced
I will grow and I will also decay
I wonder what the soil beneath is hiding?
You’d say almost everything is timing
Ooo ooh oooh
Day in, day out
Sun up, sun down
Day in, day out
I wander
I wonder
I wander
I wonder
I wander
I wonder
Meiwei is the solo project of trail worker and indie-folk singer/songwriter Michelle Mouw. Born and raised in Beijing, Michelle moved to the U.S. at the age of eighteen. Meiwei is an evolving attempt at piecing the fragments of Michelle’s life together — past with the present, American with Chinese, the city with the wilderness. Her deeply felt lyrics and fingerpicked guitar bring to mind forward-thinking artists such as Adrienne Lenker, Laura Marling, and Haley Heynderickx.
Here is a link to more about Meiwei’s album On This Trail Till I’m Home which includes the song Wandering.
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