Kolonien - Time Will Tell


July 01, 2021

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What a pleasure to return to Sweden. Yes, Sweden again. We can't help it if they have lots of talented artists! This is Kolonien, a 4-piece pop-folk band. If you like Mumford & Sons or Of Monsters and Men, Kolonien is a good compromise.

"Time Will Tell" is an indie-folk gem, and you won't find many tracks that have this level of quality anymore these days. With a message that can be interpreted in many ways, the song is a hymn to nature. At least, that is immediately what we perceived when we listened to it for the first time. And this is the reason why you'll find it under the "Lovely Nature" column.

Is it too late to save the planet? Not really. But if no one cares, that's where the danger comes. We often hear the same questions: "Whose fault is it? Did the previous generation consume too many resources?" Hence the first line of the song, even before the intro begins: "They’re pointing my way".

Rather than blaming each other between generations, it would be better to act together. Here is, roughly, the message carried by the band.

With a magnificent music video, very professional, Kolonien sets the bar very high with wonderful vocal harmonies and a more than catchy melody.

We loved every part of the song. From the incredible hook of the chorus to the incredible guitar picking, everything is worked to perfection. And the violin solo on the bridge, followed by incredible vocal harmonies, brings a real plus. Like a second birth to the song. Before a final chorus that leaves you speechless.

And you? What do you think?

Added to our Main Spotify Playlist, our "Lovely Nature" playlist, and played daily on Indie Music Center's Radio.

Written by Niko.

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Lyrics

They’re pointing my way

I wake up like I’ve always done

I drink my coffee a day on the run

Pulling out money from threads that I’ve spun

Follow in the patterns of my mothers and fathers before

I run the streets that I know too well, oh

Falling apart, I fell.

This sure look like a different place,

I see no trees, see no flowers, no bees, no

All I see is what we left behind running blind

Shallow seas on the rise

The time will come when the oceans rise

The time will come when the children cry out, “Who did this”?

Will I look in their eyes and say?

It was me, point the gun my way

They’re pointing my way

Don’t know how to wake up

Take my coat on and straightened my back, ‘cause

It might not be my life down the line

Is it true when they say there’s no time? No.

You might think we’re a lifetime apart

It might just be that I’m slow in the start

Time is now, want to make it across

Time is now, see the dust, we do not stand alone

And the slow one will later be fast

The first one will later be last

Pointing my way

They’re pointing my way

Let me try it, meet me there

Help me to find the caves we’ve built

Tell me to reach that shore

Leave me to burn

And I will soon be coming your way

Oh, oh, savour the run

Oh, oh, savour the run

I’m coming your way

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