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Far Behind

from Frozen in Time by Lindy Vopnfjord

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“Far Behind” was inspired by North Korean defector and human rights advocate Yeonmi Park – her journey to escape North Korea with her mother to reunite with her sister in the South.
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“Far Behind” begins the album as a low-key song about a high-profile tale. It’s a folksy medley, and a quaint musical meditation of the real-life account of the harrowing escape of Yeonmi Park from North Korea to reunite with her family. It delights as a peaceful meandering tune: “Let’s escape this place tonight / march across this frozen river / safely to the shore together / to the warm glow of the city lights”. The song sings light, complemented by Vopnfjord’s lyrics reminding the listener of a vulnerable journey where “a broken compass leads the way.” That journey is framed in hope – “And if I can’t find you / I will remind you to meet me in the city of the night / and I’ll keep your dreams with mine / you can’t be far behind.” And this hope echoes in the delicate solemnity in sound that will move you to tears. Vopnfjord is telling a story and creates the scene in sound by stripping the song down so you can almost hear “the rhythm of the cart wheels going by.” We’re carried out on the echoed reverberations of the slide guitar, and sent home with a universal and lasting observation about discovery: “The further we get from the last place we left the easier it will seem to be / And the further we travel the more we unravel the more we are beginning to see.”

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FAR BEHIND
Let’s escape this place tonight March across this frozen river Safely to the shore together
To the warm glow of the city lights
Before they know, we’ll be away Pulled by what once kept us apart Alone with all these stars
A broken compass points the way
And the dustiest streets cracking under your feet To the rhythm of the cartwheels going by
And if I can’t find you, I will remind you
To meet me in the city of the night
And I’ll keep your dreams with mine You can’t be far behind
My message will still ring true Written in a life so long
I want to sing it in a song
So I can hold you
This city is a magical place Joyful tears illuminated
By the power generated By the smile on your face
And the further we get from the last place we left The easier it will seem to be
And the farther we travel the more we unravel The more we're beginning to see
And I’ll keep your dreams with mine You can’t be far behind

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from Frozen in Time, released October 28, 2016
Lindy Vopnfjord
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Wurlitzer Piano on track 4

Rick May
Bass Guitar, Engineered by Garnett Betts at Coast Road Recording, Victoria, BC

Örn Eldjárn
Electric Guitar on track 2, engineered by Snorri Helgason at Snossgæti, Reykjavik, Iceland

Bob Egan
Pedal Steel Guitar

Ian LeFeuvre
Electric Guitar on track 2, Percussion and Drums on track 2, Violele on track 12

Stephen Krecklo
Lap Steel Guitar on tracks 6 & 7

Simon Miminis
Drums and Percussion

Luke Doucet
Electric Guitar on tracks 5 & 11

Todor Kobakov
Vibraphone, Rhodes Piano, Percussion and Drums on tracks 5, 6 & 9


Engineered by Jeremy Darby and Julian De Corte at Canterbury Music Company Toronto

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