From the recording Within the Shimmering Darkness
“Gonna Love You” was Roszell's first single, released March 2021. It is a post-apocalyptic love song to our damaged earth. “It’s about the constancy of love set in the landscape of environmental decline.”
released March 12, 2021
Produced by Frank Gryner
Vocals by Shannon Roszell
Programming & Guitar by Frank Gryner
Written by Shannon Roszell & Peter Lutwyche
Lyrics
It won’t take too long to fall
It won’t take too long to fall
It won’t take too, take too long to fall
over you
Like the mercury plummets in the Whitehorse night
And the birds southern bound unison in flight
I’m gonna love you
Like the Celsius soars in the Tunisian day
And the scorching sun relentless in its stay
I’m gonna love you
Like the tide that high and then it’s low
Like the mountains admire the mortals below
I’m gonna love you
I’m gonna love you
When there’s no ice left
I’m gonna love you
When the lake’s no longer wet
I’m gonna love you
When a desert’s all we get
I’m gonna love you
When the sun no longer sets
Tar sand oil pipelines spew
Oh greenhouse gases heat us through
I’m gonna love you
Fukushima radiates
Nowhere is far enough, the poison gravitates
I’m gonna love you
Reached water below with our fracking needs
Don’t drink it down, the dirty land it bleeds
I’m gonna love you
I’m gonna love you
When there’s no ice left
I’m gonna love you
When the lake’s no longer wet
I’m gonna love you
When a desert’s all we get
I’m gonna love you
When the sun no longer sets
I’m gonna love you
When there’s no ice left
I’m gonna love you
When the lake’s no longer wet
I’m gonna love you
When a desert’s all we get
I’m gonna love you
When the sun no longer sets