Recollections

from Fault Line Theory EP by Monica Hunter-Hart

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It happened in another land
Full of sorrow and goodwill
I’ve been told it’s far away
But I can see it still
They took me in and held my hand
As though I were their own
I hoped that with their guidance
I could become fully grown

I treaded the same route every day
Bore a drifter’s load
I watched the grinding of my boots
Cause soil to erode
I pictured great philosophers
To see myself among
But pilgrimages fill this road
Mine’s just another one

I wandered through a town where
Cigarettes emit smokescreens
Where young men learn to stare
But unlearn how to see
They sang with such conviction
That one couldn’t play along
And those were the times
I remembered I didn’t belong

A podium stood waiting
Opportunity distilled
I raised my voice, said, "Listen here
So long as it’s your will"
The air was full of whispering
And conversation strains
But in the back my eyes met
A sympathetic gaze

A captain with provisions
Fears no mutiny
I fear the day they reach
To find that my arms are empty
But I'll try not to mind
When this affair goes bad
Why should I mourn the loss
Of things I never had

Orbiting my head
Recollections take their turn
I clutch the searing images
So I can feel the burn
One day I'll revisit there
To see these tales end
But it will never feel
The way it did back then

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from Fault Line Theory EP, released December 31, 2017
Vocals, Guitars, Bağlama - Monica HH

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