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You line all the words that you write

With velvet and silk

To soften the truth when it bites

The fingers that yield



A knot that’s worked its way loose

Without strain or appeal

Leaving ends that abandon the pull

The beholden, the constraint, and the will



Paper rules and consequence that you’ve penned

Framed and hung in every room that you’ve been

The songs that you’ll disguise and pretend

Concealed, half-sung lest the expose their ends.



Line up your hopes, command they march in

The seasons will grow to suit your skin

The warmth and the glow, you’ll capture again



Expectations they flow downhill

No reason to count them till

You’ve packed them all in



Give up the parched brown ground

With a tear and a grin

Set out for the gaudy green glow

Emerald groves to begin



Still your tongue when the showers you summon

Have flooded you in

And carry your burdens low

And defy them to swim



Paper rules and consequence that you’ve penned

Framed and hung in every room that you’ve been

The songs that you will disguise and pretend

Concealed, half-sung lest the expose their ends.



Line up your hopes, command they march in

The seasons will grow to suit your skin

The warmth and the glow, you’ll capture again

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from When the Gray is Turning, released September 24, 2022

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Part Eliott Smith, part L. Cohen, as run through the production wringer of Daniel Ash…Kattenbraker’s baritone voice is pleasant and soothing. The guitar work sweet and mellow and, might I add, deftly played… Portland’s Music Liberation Project

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