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the old world
03:34
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before the paddleboats lined the shore
before the millworks asked for more
before the roar of progress came
there were beasts without a name
the fern unfurled will tell the tale
the frog in song remembers well
the old world before the dawn
the silent night, the vicious calm
the tender stare, the laden air
the days without reprieve or care
the old world abandoned there
an old man playin solitaire
and if my message clears the breach
tell me, do you know of which I speak?
or is your program too far gone
down the road of possession
and domination?
we're here and then we're gone
the old world carries on
and if you wanna know where you are
oh, you don't have to look far
you're here in my heart
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vulture's peak
03:02
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you got a plan
you wanna run
as fast as you can
and I know a place
where we can go
when the light gets low
and you were reading Franny and Zooey when you were 16
raise high the roof beams, carpenter, know what I mean?
I learned more words reading books than I ever could speak
didn't say much in those days, anyway
and especially not with my heart on vulture's peak
I'm young and I'm waiting for something to break or to change
the thing they don't tell you is how much just stays the same
I loved a girl in my youth, she had fire in her veins
wings on her shoulders, water in her lungs, and love on the brain
I learned more words from her than I ever could name
didn't say much in those days anyway
but you talked me out of the vulture's game
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Witness Minneapolis, Minnesota
Witness is a garage-country/jazz-fusion/rock-n-roll power trio from Minneapolis, MN. Our new travelogue album just passing through is a mix of full-band and solo arrangements of songs Gabe wrote while on a six-week solo road trip last year. Loud guitars and heavy drums intersperse with minimalist piano and banjo for a rollicking journey through heartbreak and back. ... more
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