i think it's going to Be Okay

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

feathers on the breeze
i let go, crows wheeze, and take flight
it hurts, but i think it’s supposed to
i think this might be growing pains

i think it’s going to be okay
it has to be one day
i believe it’s going to be okay
it has to be one day

i won’t forget them
i can’t forget them
there is never a time to “move on”
there is never a time to “get over it”

i think it’s going to be okay
it has to be one day
i believe it’s going to be okay
it has to be one day

but i still find feathers around my house
every now and then
a sign of what was here before me
saying “it’s going to be okay”

it’s going to be okay (it has to be one day)
it’s going to be okay (it has to be one day)

it’s going to be okay (it has to be one day)
it has to be one day (it has to be one day)

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitar

music & lyrics by Will Walton

recorded at the Lavender House
produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Will Walton

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

i still find feathers, less and less these days
but i still find them
in places i don’t expect

the crow hopped down from my bookshelf
and said it was time to leave
despite my worries, i knew he was right

i said “i’m not done grieving yet”
“of course you’re not” he said
“but that’s never why i was here”

“grief is a lifelong project”
“it’s the dark clouds on the horizon”
“but hopelessness is temporary”
“and that’s why i was here”

he hopped back through the cat flap
and he thanked them on the way out
i followed him into the garden
into the last warm days of october

i closed my eyes
and listened to the birds
and their strange jagged wisdom

and when i opened them again
the crow was gone

the year of the crow is over
thank you friend, for everything

so listen to the birds
and take pity on those
who have learnt to speak to them

because they’re still finding feathers
and they will be forever

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keys, synthesisers

recorded at the Lavender House
produced, engineered, mixed, & mastered by Will Walton

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

we bled deep
into the dirt of this land
now that blood is drying up
and the old guard has laid down their arms

a crow once told me
that ghosts don’t linger
they return to their golden days
so i hope you paid a visit

to the old stone and brick
of a villa in the cove,
of an old farmhouse,
on the southwest coast

will you wait for me?
among the brine soaked souls
of the men who never turned back
of the boscarne women
who gave us shelter
when you get there
will you wait for me?

i visited last year, up on the cliffs
and i heard your voices (it’s okay, it’s okay)
on the wind between the rocks
and the twisted metal on gamper bay (it’s okay, it’s okay)

i asked where you went
and you whispered back
“we never left,”
and it started to hurt a little less

will you wait for me
among the brine soaked souls
of the men who never turned back?
of the boscarne women
who gave us shelter?
when you get there
will you wait for me?

at the lighthouse
i see the crow’s silhouette
his lonely duty in the night
and i call out to him

my friend, you’ve been so patient
you have my permission to leave
i’ll be okay on my own
you have my permission to leave

my friend, you’ve been so patient
it’s time for you to leave
i’ll be okay on my own
i let you go (let you go)
don’t wait for me

you have my permission to leave
you have my permission to leave
you have my permission to leave
you have my permission to leave

you have my permission to leave
you have my permission to leave
you have my permission to leave
you have my permission to leave

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesisers

-additional musicians-
Holly Duckworth – drums

music & lyrics by will walton

produced by will walton
recorded at the Lavender House and Club Haus Studio
engineered by Will Walton
drum engineering by Holly Duckworth
studio assistance by Imogen Storey
mixed & mastered by Will Walton

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

90 years old
a hundred stories in every fold
of his aging skin
weathered by the heights
of all the life he lived

and he doesn’t remember me
he doesn’t know how he stands alone

he’s the last man standing
the last of the old guard
but he doesn’t remember
he’s the last man standing
and he doesn’t even know it

in a care home near his true home
he clings to the tried and tested
to that which he knows is true
as his memory fails him

and he doesn’t remember me
he doesn’t know how he stands alone

he’s the last man standing
the last of the old guard
but he doesn’t remember
he’s the last man standing
and he doesn’t even know it

he’s the last man standing
and he doesn’t remember me
he’s the last man standing
and he doesn’t even know it

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitar

music & lyrics by Will Walton
produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Will Walton at the Lavender House

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

i had a vision
i saw you laid down
after nine lonely years
next to her

away from the aches
from that lonely wind
that carries her voice
through the ruins of dryburgh

the crow perches
on your window
and he speaks in her voice

the final solace
that carries you
away from the aches
on that lonely wind

lay down your arms
your weary head
return to her
in the ruins of dryburgh

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, synth bass, drum programming, synthesisers

recorded at the Lavender House
produced engineered, mixed & mastered by Will Walton

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

i can’t get the taste
of the black ashes out of my mouth

the nurses
the doctors
all crow
“not long now”

i hate hospitals
i hate the ICU
where i see you

i know you
but i don’t recognise
the man in the hospital bed

where did you go?
i can’t find you
in those rattling breaths

where did you go? (not long now)
where did you go? (not long now)
where did you go? (not long now)
where did you go? (not long now)

not long now
not long now
not long now
not long now

where did you go?
i can’t hear you
in those lonely winds
that carry you
away from me
and back to her

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synthesisers, programming

Jennifer Walinetski – drums

recorded at the Lavender House
produced, engineered, mixed, & mastered by Will Walton
drum engineering by Jennifer Walinetski

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

i made friends with a crow
he bribed my cats
and came in through the cat flap
said he wanted to help

he saw a book on the sofa and said
“i see you’re familiar with my work”
i smiled through the grief
“i see you’re familiar with mine”

i asked him if he was real
or if i was just stealing an idea
“i don’t think that matters” he said
i suppose that’s true

i asked him, “what happens now?”
“you tell me” he says from the top of my bookshelf
“well, i suppose you stay”
“until I don’t need you anymore”

and so began
the year of the crow

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitar, synthesisers

music & lyrics by Will Walton
produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Will Walton at the Lavender House

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 28 february 2025

lyrics

i don’t wanna hear
“what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
‘cause i’ve found
what doesn’t kill you makes you stranger

but i’m held captive by my desire
to turn this into something “productive”
it will never go away
but over time it might fade

so hit the lights, and let me perform
my “redemption”, my “getting better”
watch me clutch and scrape
to find anything positive to say right now

stone cold, face it down
in the early hours
stone cold sober
rattling breaths in hospital beds

doing handstands on the fine line
between self care and self destruction
but it’s what i need right now
and i’ll put myself back together when i’m done

hit the lights, and let me perform
my “redemption”, my “getting better”
watch me grit my teeth and smile
even when i’m sinking

hear me sing, hear me cry
hear me break, hear me scream
watch me come apart at the seams
as i cross the fine line

so hit the lights, and let me perform
my “redemption”, my “getting better”
watch it get a little too real
and i pretend it never happened

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesisers

-additional musicians-
Jennifer Walinetski – drums

produced, engineered, mixed, & mastered by Will Walton at the Lavender House
drum engineering by Jennifer Walinetski

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 18 april 2025

lyrics

“this too shall pass”
a ray of hope in the darkest times
but also a promise
in the best of times

because good times come
and good times go
the cycle never ends
i know, i know, i know

and when my shoulders
break under the weight
of the grief, the burnout
i need to believe

that it won’t always be like this
no, it can’t always be like this
when you’re in hell, just believe
it won’t always be like this

i don’t know who’s plan this is
and if there’s any rhyme or reason
but I won’t look up
until I can breathe again

until this peculiar mind of mine
no longer bears the weight
because I need to believe

that it won’t always be like this
no, it can’t always be like this
when you’re in hell, just believe
it won’t always be like this

it can’t always be like this
and nobody but god
has anything to answer for
so let her beg my forgiveness

“this too shall pass”
please keep your promise
because i need to believe

that it won’t always be like this
no, it can’t always be like this
when you’re in hell, just believe
that it won’t always be like this

(yeah, good times come, and good times go)
(the cycle never ends, i know, i know, i know)

when you’re in hell, just believe
(’cause good times come, and good times go)
that it won’t always be like this

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, bass guitar

Holly Duckworth – drums
Elle Hynes – backing vocals

music & lyrics by Will Walton

recorded at the Lavender House and Club Haus Studio
produced by Will Walton
additional production by Jessica Grace & Imogen Storey
engineered by Will Walton
drum engineering by Holly Duckworth
vocal harmony arrangements by Elle Hynes
studio & engineering assistance by Imogen Storey and Jessica Grace
mixed & mastered by Will Walton at the Lavender House

album: living in a birdhouse

released: 2 may 2025

lyrics

i keep finding feathers
on my pillow, on my bed
huge feathers, piles of them
in my house, wherever i go

i might be living in a birdhouse
or maybe there’s a hole in the roof
i think they want to help
give me solace, give me pain
make me laugh, make me cry

i keep finding feathers

personnel

Will Walton – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards

recorded at the Lavender House
produced, engineered, mixed, & mastered by Will Walton