Fly is Nick Drake’s tender folk song, the seventh track on his second album Bryter Layter, released in 1969. The studio version features John Cale on viola and celeste, while a spare demo version also circulates. The lyrics explore missed opportunities and yearning to know someone, with Drake’s descending guitar creating a quiet, hopeful mood. The track gained wider recognition after being used in Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums. Bryter Layter sits in the folk and folk-rock tradition, and Drake is known for intimate, guitar-based songs and his limited live performances.
