Released as bonus-track on Deluxe Edition of Babel. The original 'garage version' from 2014 was released as a standalone single in May 2020. A third 'acoustic version' was performed on the Delta Tour. The song was revisited in the recording of Delta and realised as a piano-led ballad. The song was first heard when played live in May 2016, printed on the setlist as FOREVER (THE PARACHUTE SONG). The song did not make the cut for Wilder Mind as it was technically a road-written song and "didn’t quite fit sound-wise, style-wise". We took what Forever had done and worked with that". The first electric song that the band laid to tape for Wilder Mind Mumford described the song as "the gateway drug to the rest of the record. There was like a verse idea and a chorus idea that feature on this song, but then Esau from the Very Best really embraced the verse, and wrote it basically in the studio." ĭelta / Forever (Garage Version) - Single Originally a demo for Wilder Mind that did not make the cut, Mumford said of the track, "It became a whole different thing to what it was before. One of only two songs with lead vocals provided by Marshall. Ĭollaboration with The Very Best and Beatenberg. Written before SNM release, didn't make album but still played live. When played live, an instrumental interlude opens the song. Released as third single from Wilder Mind. The song began as two separate demos, the first titled "Walk With Me", that were later combined. Marshall said of the track, "We may never play this one live" but in June 2015 the band began performing the song acoustically with Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett and Marshall providing backing vocals.Ī near-instrumental track, it is band's first to feature spoken word lyrics, which are provided by Gill Landry. The band experimented with extra instrumentation in the recording process but decided to keep the song's stripped-back nature. The track features vocals from Marcus Mumford and lone electric guitar from Winston Marshall. Song title pictured on a whiteboard in the studio for Delta.
New version of previous B-side to "Little Lion Man", "To Darkness".
The single version removes the introduction and first verse that are still included when performed live. The song was finished and released as a standalone single in October 2019. The song was played live from October 2016 but wasn't included on 'Delta' even though orchestral elements had been recorded during the album's production. Released as lead single from Wilder Mind. Later re-recorded and released on Sigh No More. The song has never been heard.įirst recording released on Mumford & Sons.