- published: 12 Aug 2014
- views: 4161733
Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, was released by Arts & Crafts Productions in September 2009.
Amy Millan grew up in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto. She attended high school at Jarvis Collegiate, and later the Etobicoke School of the Arts where she studied drama alongside future Broken Social Scene bandmates Kevin Drew and Emily Haines. Millan and Haines formed the band Edith's Mission. Although short-lived, Edith's Mission did play a sold out show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. After high school, Millan moved to Montreal for three years to attend Concordia University and gained experience as a solo performer by playing in coffee shops. Upon returning to Toronto, she formed the roots-rock band 16 Tons and wrote many of the songs that she would use to launch her solo career several years later. After the breakup of 16 Tons, Millan moved to Los Angeles. While living there, her song with 16 tons "Bury Me" was added to the soundtrack of the film Drowning Mona. However, Millan, missing a city where walking was encouraged over driving, returned to Toronto.
Darkness falls across the land
And the first stars twinkle into sight
And the moon on the trees is beautiful
But not so lovely as you
But not so lovely as you
Day to day we work away
To earn the time to make for play
So rare to take the time to sit
And stare into your eyes
And stare into your eyes
Before I found this place with you
My heart was kept inside a cage
But now it flies on feathered wings
And finds its way to you
It finds its way to you
My love for you, it's like a river
It runs and falls and goes on forever
I can't see around each bend
But still I love you more
But still I love you more
Darkness falls across the land
And the first stars twinkle into sight
And the moon on the trees is beautiful
But not so lovely as you