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There's a place just off the interstate where there used to be a town
You can see the traces of it there like shadows through the trees
One or two old stone foundations are all that's still around
Where those lives played out like ballads in some long-gone century

We don't have to chop the wood these days, or read by candle light
And we get through frozen winters without fearing for our lives
But the weather of the heart still makes us run in search of shelter
And we still hold on for spring and pray the seeds of love survive

Sweet communion when the evenings are long
Gold and crimson when the summer is gone
Love sleeping silent under hard-frozen ground
Waits there for the growing time to come back around

Well I told you when I met you that I'd crossed some burning bridges
and I hadn't always found my way to walk the golden line
You'd read all the books of virtue, studied mercy and forgiveness
But you couldn't find them in your heart even after all that time...

Tonight we'll change the clocks, as if time was ours to play with
Like the circling of the seasons happened under our command
But the daylight passes quickly now, and the nights are getting colder
and the diamond light of autumn slides like water through our hands

Sweet communion when the evenings are long
Gold and crimson when the summer is gone
Love sleeping silent under hard-frozen ground
Dreaming of sunlight and the cool kiss of rain
Up from the darkness toward the open sky again
Through the cracks in the pavement of that old ghost town
Love waits for the growing time to come back around
Love waits there for the growing time to come back around.

© 2019 by David Conrad

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from The Moment Before Waking, released December 4, 2021
© 2019 by David Conrad

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Conrad y Skordalia Nashville, Tennessee

David Conrad and Rebecca Weiner Tompkins began performing as Conrad y Skordalia in 2012 in New York City. Their first record, A Silo Filled With Birds, was released in 2016. Their music incorporates rock, country/folk and soul, with traces of traditional Celtic music and modern classical.
They have been based in Nashville since 2017, and perform regularly in the area both as duo and full band. ... more

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