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To Be Absorbed

from Acts of American Homes by Deep River Saints

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I had a dream. In this dream I was a young Hank Williams, but virtually unknown. I was playing for change near my old school when some young children were taunting me for some reason and stole money out of my guitar case.

I began to sing a song. I woke up from the dream, the song still swimming around my head. I wrote down the first few lines and sang the melody into my phone. Later that day I developed and finished the song. It became this song.

True story.

lyrics

I was a farmer, I was a maid,
I was a stray cat asleep in the shade
oh lord oh lord

I was a matchbox, I was a blade
I was a tin can tied to a string
oh lord oh lord

I was a hammer, I was a lathe
I was a song verse scratched on a page
oh lord oh lord

I was a hilltop, I was a cave
I was an infant so well-behaved
oh lord oh lord

these things and more, your cages adorn
cold canopy that slowly conforms
these are our arms to be absorbed

I was an instinct, I was a thought
I was the answer no one sought
oh lord oh lord

I was the morning, I was the frost
I was the deer that the headlights caught
oh lord oh lord

I was the highway, I was the grade
I was the secret someone saved
oh lord oh lord

I was a lover, I was a sage
I was an old man so well-behaved
oh lord oh lord

these things and more, your cages adorn
cold canopy that slowly conforms
these are our arms to be absorbed

credits

from Acts of American Homes, released April 1, 2015
Patrick Crowley - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Reilly Graham - electric guitar
Elizabeth Dillon - piano
Jim Pergolizzi - upright bass
Erick Lattrell - drums

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An indie folk-rock band assembled from various corners of New England, headquartered in Vermont.

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