'Black Water, Cold Mountain' - Original Song

Description

Inspired by one of my favourite films 'Cold Mountain', which was based on the utterly beautiful book of the same name by Charles Frazier. The song refers to the scene where Ada looks down the Swanger's well using a mirror and the water at the bottom of the well conjures an image of her love, Inman, who is away fighting for the south in the civil war. The black water of the well shows Inman walking home to Ada and falling down in the snow surrounded by black crows, a vision of what was come ...