"The Wind" (original song)

"The Wind"
Written by Alan fallofautumndistro
(originally by Alan and Darryl Kinley)
http://youtube.com/fallofautumndistro

Cover performed by Hank Green
http://youtube.com/vlogbrothers

Click here to download the original demo recording Darryl and I made about seven years ago:
http://fallofautumn.com/fallofautumndistro-The-Wind.mp3

I mentioned my old band, AfterTaste, in one of my previous videos, and numerous people asked in the comments section to hear a song or two. So I worked with Hank on updating one of my old songs, "The Wind". Hank, thank you so much for breathing new life into this old song!

Darryl and I recorded over 70 original songs together as AfterTaste. We were a two-man band. "The Wind" was one of the last songs we worked on before Darryl moved to California to open his own studio. For the last seven plus years I've only had a rough demo recording (linked above) of the song, as we never had a chance to finish or record it properly.

Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:
She saw him coming over with a rush of adrenaline
Running so fast didn't quite know why
Closer now emotions started overflowin'
Memories blow in and cloud her mind

The wind grabbed and pushed and pulled her
The wind took her by surprise
The wind was as fast as she was
The wind made her want to fly

A few feet left to close the gap that was between them
Wondering now is he friend or foe
Starring at him questions start to overwhelm her
She can't figure out if she should go

The wind grabbed and pushed and pulled her
The wind took her by surprise
The wind was as fast as she was
The wind made her want to fly

He was the only one, to whom she would give her heart
He was the only one, that could make the fire start
Then he left on the winds of change
She had no more choices than these:
To live with the pain, or the possibilities.

She turned away so he couldn't see the hint of a smile
The smile that betrayed her change of heart
She felt a stirring deep inside that was more than a feeling
The look on his face was the best part

The wind grabbed and pushed and pulled her
The wind took her by surprise
The wind was as fast as she was
The wind made her say 'goodbye'.

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[HeidiSaid]

Very cool... not easy to do - to just put it out there. Diversity is a beautiful thing. Heidi

[fallofautumndistro]

Thanks so much Heidi!

[tsorett]

Alan- this is a great song.

Do you mind if I do a cover?

Thanks!

-Taylor

[fallofautumndistro]

That's cool, make sure to send me a link when you have it uploaded!

[KaShEeRaLaTaSh]

You talk really fast..lol...I like the song! : )

[PogoFONG]

Awesome job, Hank!

Great song Alan!

[dannerzme]

omg calm down! lol!

[kuanweilee]

it sounds like the same thing over and over again

[ChezterG]

slow down when your talkin bud haha

[LotteCM]

I'm so familiar with Tom's version that this sounds a bit weird... But as always you play and sing wonderfully Hank ;)

[AppleCoreThing]

I love this version, but I prefer what Tom Milsom did with it.

[purpleblake]

lol you talk realy fast

i think you need to hold put the mike slightly closer to your mouth and away from the guitar the consistant volume changes are annoying

[TheCullenProduction]

Lol Twilight

[DuFshow]

good sound you can play gittare and sing 5*