Me & The Wind

XTC · Mummer [1983]

Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Me and the wind are pulling kites and pushing trees

Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Me and the wind are feeling freer than air should ever be

Should ever be, should ever be, should ever



And when you lured me into your syrup

All I could think of was

What a lovely way for me to go

I never really realized that

Just like the struggling summer flies that

I was drowning, no matter how sweet or how slow



Have I been such a fool

Have I been sitting on your stool

While you cracked the whip

While you cracked the whip



Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Me and the wind are pulling kites and pushing trees

Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Me and the wind are feeling freer than air should ever be

Should ever be, should ever be, should ever



I danced imprisoned in your drumbeat

Your tune of spring had me whirling

Like a mad march, Merry hare

It never really came to mind that [Incomprehensible]

The strings of your instrument were strangling me

Inside their snare



Have I been such a fool

Have I been sitting on your stool

While you held the hoop

While you held the hoop



Now that I'm out and I'm shouting in doorways

Freed from a love more like murder

I should be singing but in liberation

Feel like a ship with no rudder



Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Have I been such a fool



Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Have I been such a fool



Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Have I been such a fool



Me and the wind are celebrating your loss

Have I been such a fool

Me & The Wind

Released on XTC's 1983 album Mummer, "Me & The Wind" stands as a defining track of the band's post-punk evolution. The song features the distinctive vocal interplay between Andy Partridge and Colin Blunstone, blending atmospheric textures with the group's signature melodic sensibility. As a key component of Mummer, it captures the band's transition from their earlier, more abrasive sound toward a more polished, synth-driven rock style that would characterize their work in the early 1980s. The recording reflects the era's electronic experimentation while maintaining the emotional core that made XTC a significant force in British alternative music. Its enduring appeal lies in its ability to evoke a specific mood of introspection and melancholy, cementing its place within the band's discography and the broader landscape of 1980s rock.