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A Brief History of Water

by Hidden Galaxy Music

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Neptunism (free) 01:07
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Legend has it that she only took one glance at the obstetric sonogram and fell so deep in love that the ocean yawned it's fingers towards the moon.
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Weir's Along the Euphrates (free) 03:56
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Twenty four, probably less but maybe more, I was just a kid back then, I didn't know what those tears were for. By the way, it's hard to tell you it's hard to say, Hell, I didn't even know what joy was until I saw it on your face that day. Magazines, was it that or just the flow? Or pretty girls with tiny waists in a shitty TV show. I recall my ribs from way back then When you ditched the bells and books, I feel bad, but I felt home again. I don't mean to pick apart the past, But the way that he tore into you left you sailing without a mast. Now and then, when I'm starving myself at night, The courage that must have taken you keeps me in the fight.
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Peculiar Refractions of Light Above the Jordan River (free) 03:15
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Up in Eastern BC Out on the transom, out on the sea. I didn't know just what to say then so nothing left my lips. I always just lied through my teeth Ask me what's wrong, go ahead and guess what I will say. But that evening I felt safe and so I bled right in your lap. Was it hard to swallow your pride? I actually doubt it. Your friendship's given me more joy than I ever could've had without it. It never ceases to amaze How similar we all are, and why we all hide. But after sixteen years of silence you spoke up anyway. I didn't want an apology And I didn't want your tears. I'm just so glad to have had you at my side facing all of my fears. Up in Eastern BC I left a hammer, you left a nail. I swear for a second that I saw the face of God.
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Sow a Rill, Reap a Tsunami (free) 05:22
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It was the tiniest little smile I've ever seen but it got me through the morning. I'll bet you noticed when I held my breath A subtle space in your speech that you had left. Could it really have been just a flick On the forehead that made me out like this? I really don't think there's anything You could have done to have spared me the beating. I still struggle to say it. But I'm convinced that when waters run still, they run deep. So please don't give up on me yet. Now and then I think that maybe I should have tried a little harder to change. I just want so badly not To blame you for how I ended up but Kitchen chairs and shaking hands A concrete mess of salivary glands Brown bag lunches and garbage bins Kids in Africa and pavonine sins I wrote this song a dozen times This is the first one I didn't scream Maybe in time my voice will sound Like water flowing in a distant stream I still struggle to say it But I'm convinced that when waters run still they run deep. So please keep listening a little longer I promise Please don't give up on me yet.
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The Firmament Now Lies Below Our Feet (free) 02:36
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Somewhere near Nanaimo at a dulcet little dock Mastlights lit the water with the stars at 10 o clock I'm the kind of child to have kept her up most nights I went to bed hungry and blamed it on my height But before varicose veins, before dyed hair Before bi-iliac bones, before gasping for air The moon was new that evening and the water would have been still If not for little drops of salt, and a taciturn rill Did the things people say back then eventually get to you? Cause when they said it to me it tore me straight in two It sort of hit me right then, the reason you love me If I were the stars in the sky, then on this evening you would be the sea
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Ground Zero, 2011 (free) 01:55
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My son, you are my feast in the presence of enemies.

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1. “Making water”—a euphemism that manages to sound generative, resourceful, and Native American all at once but is only pissing.

2. Icicles, artesian springs, vapors rising off a lake: before all three I’ve bowed my head and said amen.

3. When it rained at Ground Zero, a terrible mist of the lost wafted through the air.

4. To breathe was to mourn.

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released January 17, 2017

Album artwork and design by Massimo Paolo Vallarelli

Massive inspiration and imagery from Lance Larson's short piece of the same name:
brevitymag.com/nonfiction/a-brief-history-of-water/

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Hidden Galaxy Music is the work of amateur songwriter, musician, and producer Riley Bayless.

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