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Don't Take Me Back

by Carmel Mikol

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“Don’t Take Me Back” is the second single from Carmel Mikol’s forthcoming fifth album. It features strings arrangements composed by Avery Dakin and performed by India Gailey, Sarah Frank, and Adam Fine.

A portrait of a long goodbye, the song pairs a delicate melody with lyrics that cut to the bone - a combination that has become Carmel’s signature as a songwriter on this and recent records.

lyrics

I know I’ve seen the other side
Of a hundred other sad goodbyes
This feels like the first

If I make a secret of
The thousand ways you gave me love
No one will know how much it hurts

Don't take me back
That's more than I deserve

I wake up with an aching head
The freedom of an empty bed
Doesn’t feel like I thought

All the space I said I wanted
Blank stare, are these wall still haunted
By every fight we ever fought

Don't take me back
If I say it's what I want
Don't take me back

I know I’ve seen the other side
Of a hundred other sad goodbyes
And this won’t be the last

That broken arrow, that fallen sparrow
Won’t hit the ground as fast

Don't take me back, don't take me back
Even if I ask
Don't take me back

credits

released April 12, 2024
written and produced by
carmel mikol on
vocals and acoustic guitar

strings arranged by
avery dakin

strings performed by
india gailey on cello
sarah frank on violin
adam fine on bass

recorded at
ocean floor recording by franc lopes

mastered at
parachute mastering by john mclaggan

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Carmel Mikol

"I Used to Know" is Carmel Mikol's fifth studio album. It's an album stripped to its essentials.

But for a record that's more subtle and less "produced" than any of her previous efforts, it's somehow bigger and more universal.

Find it soon wherever you stream music.

www.carmelmikol.com/music
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