Title track and thematic crux of the record, "Make You Whole", was written on a trip up to the Boundary Waters, when Spiegel and some close friends almost capsized during a big and deadly storm. Though they made it to safety and found shelter, Spiegel remembers that experience rousing an intense appreciation for the earth's immaculate power, and how by completely submitting oneself to that power, we can be made whole again. Things will get messy, life will get hard, but listen closely and find that the earth can teach us how to come home again.
Lyrics
A tree bends like a wise old sage
And whispers to you that a life can get better with age
A red pine curls her arms
And pulls her comforts from the ground to start again
Forests burn down
Soon our empires will drown
From a mother’s will to cleanse us from our sin
A loon calls like a siren in the night
And even with her heavy bones, she can easily take flight
Isn’t it funny how it goes away when you give in?
When tides come to terms with the up and down that the moon has got them spinning in?
Every day, begin again
Whether the water’s glass or it pulls you down
Your breath will keep you buoyant
And your wits will keep your body from going down
Gotta keep my head up
Gotta keep my head up
Boy I’m on your rip tide and I’m worried it’s a set up
Drinkin’ in your water, I just wanna give in
Maybe if I do, then we can both begin again
Gotta keep my head up
Gotta keep my head up
Boy I’m on your rip tide and I’m worried it’s a set up
Drinking in your water, I just wanna give in
Maybe if I do, then we can both begin again
Maybe if I do, then we can both begin again
Go easy on your body, go easy on your soul
And never let another body take away the things that make you whole
Things that make you whole
Things that make you whole