For the remaining installments to The Covers EP, we are thrilled to share a deconstructed take on Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music’s More Than This.
Some songs are so perfect that you don’t even want to try covering them. When looking at songs for The Covers EP, I ran up against this issue a lot. More Than This feels like one of those songs, and I felt that the only way it could work would be if we deconstructed it into something entirely new, which is what we set out to do here. Cynthia Tolson’s string arrangement carries the song into a completely new place. This is the only song on the EP that doesn’t feature another guest vocalist, but Cynthia’s voice as an arranger, performer and engineer is certainly present throughout.
lyrics
I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing?
As free as the wind
Hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this
You know there's nothing
More than this
Tell me one thing
More than this
Ooh there's nothing
It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're going?
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this
You know there's nothing
More than this
Tell me one thing
More than this
No there's nothing
More than this
Nothing
More than this
More than this
Nothing
credits
from The Covers,
released March 3, 2023
Produced by Lukas Frank & Waylon Rector
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Cassidy Turbin
Vocals: Lukas Frank
Violin Viola & Arrangement: Cynthia Tolson
Cello: Cynthia Tolson
Bass: Daniel Rhine
Piano: Alex Fischel
Guitar: Waylon Rector
Drums: Lukas Frank
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