Rapt is the Post-Folk/ Indie Folk/ Ambient project of Jacob Ware from Brighton, UK. "The Nest" is off of Rapt's latest album, 'Wayward Faith'. You can stream the sublime song, as well as follow and support Rapt, via the links below ⬇️

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2DmCxO...
Facebook:  / raptfolk  
(Pre Order album ) Bandcamp:https://rapt.bandcamp.com/releases
Instagram:   / raptmusic  

"'The Nest' offers the simplest and most direct of messages, love your friends.The Nest is an ode not to romantic love but friendship, written when a loved one was hospitalized due to an illness'"' - Rapt

The Nest (Lyrics)

I was told to live
A simple lie
Not knowing if
We’re living on borrowed time

To draw blood from a stone
And drag the word
Not knowing if
They fall in in line

You were told to live
With unopened arms
Had the nest become
A ghostly deserted place

Had the stork gone out
And forgave the pain
Not knowing yourself
Not knowing your place

We were told to live
We were told to live
To wonder why
The moon punctuates the earth

So I read the book
But It didn’t fit
I found god too intrusive
And quick to turn on the rain

You were meant to live

Today

You were meant to live