{"id":7083,"date":"2016-10-16T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2025-07-13T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:08:46","slug":"do-you-still-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7083","title":{"rendered":"Do You Still Walk?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do You Still Walk?\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6LOK8PZWQro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/rickwesthorpe\/the-mick--mary-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"202\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group.jpg\" alt=\"Buy \/ Stream\" class=\"wp-image-7591\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Written in the months after my mother&#8217;s death. I had already written &#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Before Time\" href=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7058\" target=\"_blank\">Before Time<\/a>&#8216;, but somehow more needed to be said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am very pleased with this song &#8211; it captures that moment and the possibly peculiar way that I dealt with the grief. Losing one&#8217;s mother is something that everybody goes through, but at the same time is completely unique. I found myself conversing with her, and imagining her taking part in the everyday ritual of walking with me, and Gwen, my dog. Making this into a song has also had the side effect of capturing that little part of our lives here &#8211; the wood, the view from the top of the hill, Gwen herself, and what all those things mean to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you still walk?<br>And if you do do you think about us?<br>The way I think of you when I&#8217;m walking every day<br>Through the woods, me and Gwen<br>I think you&#8217;d like the way she&#8217;s turned out<br>A little wild and full of life, but oh, so gentle<br>Throw a stick, catch a glance<br>Sometimes she goes a bit too far<br>She could use your woman&#8217;s touch, and I could use your wisdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you see her joy through my eyes?<br>Can you see her joy through my eyes?<br>Do you feel her love through my skin?<br>Do you feel her love through my skin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I climb the bank<br>We climb the steep muddy bank through the leaves<br>Could be the three of us &#8211; I&#8217;d help you if you&#8217;d come<br>At the top on the bench<br>From the bell tower of St Peter&#8217;s Church<br>I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;ve made it up here<br>Glad you&#8217;ve seen what I see every day<br>Looking down over Talog<br>People getting ready for the day to come<br>The sights and sounds of life on a hillside<br>The sun burns through the morning mist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you feel the light on my skin?<br>Can you feel the light on my skin?<br>Do you see the world through my eyes?<br>Do you see the world through my eyes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you still laugh?<br>Do you still cry?<br>I only ever saw you cry once<br>But you could laugh<br>I still enjoy your laugh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does a mother ever leave her child?<br>Does a mother ever leave her child?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written in the months after my mother&#8217;s death. I had already written &#8216;Before Time&#8216;, but somehow more needed to be said. 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