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Calm Through the Clearing

from Slight Return by CANANDAIGUA

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lyrics

What do it take to be seen as a man
red flowing these veins just as sure as i stand
generations that layer this skin
a history of joy and pain held within
son of a land that would seem to betray me
yet the lord it is said gives no burden to break thee
Yes an, we may rise, weighted with anger
though branches my fall its the roots what endure

the road it is long the travelers beyond weary
though we spill our lungs words fall on dead ears
a desolate wish for a calm through the clearing
and respite from torment of living through fear.

Woke up this morning the blues in my bed
The radio man tells of another child dead
streets swell with sadness, swelled with sorrow
enraged for all this repeating tomorrow

the road it is long the travelers beyond weary
desperately wish for a calm through the clearing

When will the past be taken as such
A wretch of a beast, we stay in its clutch
The grip of the pain, its hers and its his
and all the while seeming to say,
"That’s just how it is”
When do we, become truly free
Delivered from oh such iniquities
The road remains long, and may outlast us all
one foot ‘fore the next till the day that we fall

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from Slight Return, released August 6, 2021
Written, produced and performed by Raul Zahir De Leon
Bass by Miguel Lacsamana

© 2020 Slow Education (ASCAP).
℗ Baja Dracula 2020.

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CANANDAIGUA Washington, D.C.

Uncommon folk tunes handmade in Washington, DC.

Helmed by Raul Zahir De Leon, Formerly of Stamen & Pistils, Radel Esca, and Dead Artists

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