From the author and creator of the song, Robert James 'Jasmine' Rintoull:
"Autumn of Our Love is a ballad, where the 'I' in the song is seeking the renewal of a golden age on the earth, through an awakening of humanity's awareness of the Earth as their mother. A kind of Gaia, Narthus, Sophia, Mata Devi thing - when I wrote it, I didn't have the cultural tools to express it consciously in this way, so it was more personal in its embodiment."
Jasmine's body of work across literature, poetry and music is prodigious. Jimmy selected 'Autumn of Our Love' as tribute, feeling this particular track to be not only the pinnacle of Jasmine's musical work, being the softest, most heartfelt and most emotionally delicate, but also, most representative of Jasmine. Jimmy also admits to being biased in the selection, as he quite simply loved the song and wanted to record it. For Jimmy, Autumn of Our Love represented, lyrically, a more earthly sentiment, that of two lovers in the autumnal sequence of their romance. For many years, until instructed otherwise regarding its more divine and universal meanings, Jimmy dreamed that perhaps the lovers depicted in the song found their summer, and so also found their way back to each other. To date, Jasmine has not yet denied this possibility in the world of his creation.
lyrics
The autumn leaves they blow in the wind
The colded rain it falls like the snow
And the empty sun no longer gives heat
Under the autumn moon, our flower cannot grow
Tell me my friend, what can we do
When winter's in the autumn of our love
Tell me my friend, where can we go
To get summer back in the autumn of our love
And I love only you
Yes I love only you
The seasons leave their fruit on our memories
Our seed it grows in the womb of mother earth
But why should our seasons fade and die
Just so our flower's seed can be renewed
Tell me my friend, what can we do
When winter's in the autumn of our love
Tell me my friend, where can we go
To get summer back in the autumn of our love
Tell me my friend, what can we do
When winter's in the autumn of our love
Tell me my friend, where can we go
To get summer back in the autumn of our love
And I love only you
Yes I love only you
credits
from Banji Mashide,
track released October 31, 2022
Words and Music: Robert James 'Jasmine' Rintoull
Vocals: Jimmy Sky
Guitar: Jimmy Sky
Bass: Govinda Doyle
Drums: Govinda Doyle
Keys: Govinda Doyle, Jimmy Sky
Recorded at Studio 55
Produced, engineered and mixed by Govinda Doyle at Studio 55
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios
Copyright James T Sky (Jimmy Sky)2018
All Rights Reserved
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