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Track: Horse and I
Artist: Bat For Lashes
Album: Fur and Gold

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Name: Bat For Lashes
Spotify Genres: art pop, dream pop
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Bat For Lashes is a solo project of [a=Natasha Khan], born 25 October 1979, a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, currently based in Los Angeles. Born to a Pakistani father, part of the eminent family of squash-playing Khans, and an English mother, her early childhood was spent travelling the world following her father who trained the Pakistani squash team, summers in Pakistan, and the rest of the time in Hertfordshire. She had a strict religious upbringing until her parents separated when she was 11 years old. Khan graduated in film and music, whilst at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as [a=Steve Reich] and [a=Susan Hiller], and she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album. Bat For Lashes' music has been likened to the work of [a=Björk], [a=Cat Power], [a=Tori Amos], and especially [a=Kate Bush]. The debut single, "The Wizard", was released digitally through label Drowned In Sound and on 7-inch through Khan's own imprint, She Bear Records. Later signing to the record label [l=Echo] and releasing debut album "[Link]" on 11 September 2006. On 17 July 2007 "[Link]" was announced as one of the 12 albums nominated for the annual 2007 Mercury Music Prize. Despite being the favourite to win, at the ceremony held at London's Grovenor House on Tuesday 4 September 2007, when the winner was announced by [a=Jools Holland] at 10:15pm she lost out to rank outsiders [a=Klaxons]. Her live / touring / backing band has included: [a=Ben Christophers], [a=Charlotte Hatherley] and [a=Sarah Jones (3)].

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Release: Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold
Year: 2009
Genres: Rock
Styles: Indie Rock

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LYRICS

Got woken in the night,
by a mystic golden light.
My head soaked in river water.
I had been dressed in a coat of armor. They called a horse out of the woodland.
"Take her there, through the desert shores."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now."

The smell of redwood giants.
The banquet for the shadows.
Horse and I, we're dancers in the dark.
Came upon the headdress.
It was gilded, dark and golden.
The children sang.
I was so afraid I took it to my head and prayed.
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."

There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn