Caroline Spence – The Gift (Official Video)

The official music video for Caroline Spence’s “The Gift” from her album, ‘True North’. Buy/Listen here: https://found.ee/CS_TrueNorth

The Gift is inspired by the cherished relationships my co-writer, Matt Koziol, and I both had with our grandmothers. I had recently lost my grandmother when we wrote this and we bonded over how we were both privileged to truly know them, even being let in on the harder parts of aging and time passing. We spent the morning sharing stories about them and we almost called it a day after getting stuck at the end of the chorus. Then I remembered this card on my grandmother’s fridge — a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt. That same card hangs on my office wall and I had seen it just that morning — “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.” An idea sparked and I told Matt to hold tight as I untangled my thoughts and melodies and landed on the last line of the chorus — where the title came from. Then the rest of the song poured out of us.

Listen to “The Gift”
Apple Music: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftAM
Amazon: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftAmz
Spotify: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftSp
Deezer: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftDeezer
Pandora: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftPandora
YouTube Music: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftYTm
Tidal:https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftTidal
Qobuz: https://found.ee/CS_TheGiftQobuz

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Directed and Edited by Bella Mazzola
Executive Producer: Rounder Records
Produced by Bella Mazzola & Andy Hawkes
Cinematography by Steve Voss & Andy Hawkes
Gaffer: Jarrett Jarvis
Production Assistant: Sami Wideberg
Hair and Makeup: Melissa Olshavsky
Filmed at Paper House (Nashville, TN)

Lyrics:
I still know your old landline
Called to say you’re on my mind
It’s a long-distance call to the phone hung on the wall
Inside the house that doesn’t change at all

Usual questions overdue
It’s not where your mind’s running to
You say all your favorite days are forever flown away
It’s hard to hear you say that

Time isn’t always what you thought
But you’re gonna leave this place
with it written on your face
It’s the only thing that we’ve got
And the only thing worth spending in the end
It’s the present, that’s the gift

You say you miss that Cadillac
With me and brother in the back
Didn’t know that driving ‘round
We’d be writing memories down
You say to hold ‘em closer now ‘cause

Time isn’t always what you thought
But you’re gonna leave this place
with it written on your face
It’s the only thing that we’ve got
And the only thing worth spending in the end
It’s the present, that’s the gift

Time isn’t always what you thought
But you’re gonna leave this place
with it written on your face
It’s the only thing that we’ve got
And the only thing worth spending in the end
It’s the present,
And the only thing worth spending in the end
It’s the present, that’s the gift

Follow Caroline Spence:
Website: http://www.carolinespencemusic.com
Instagram: https://found.ee/CSInsta
Facebook: https://found.ee/SpenceFB
Twitter: https://found.ee/CSTwitter
TikTok: https://found.ee/SpenceTikTok
YouTube: https://found.ee/SpenceYouTube

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