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Backwards River

from Music for the Moon by Mars

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Words and Music by Mars
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Vocals, Harp - Mars
Accordion - Katy Collet
Violin - Emily Carson-Apstein
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Produced and Mixed by N0rth
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Recorded in St Didace QC
May 2019

lyrics

A dark cabin in the winter woods
Once again I plan to say “you should”

But that’s business I don’t like
so I turn the other cheek
But winter wears on, we’re getting weak

My mother’s there caring for a child
who is sparse beloved and often beguiled
I feel like warning to everyone I see
I blame their sin when I don’t feel free

Don’t get in, that river runs backwards
climbs up and up and only gets faster
don’t get in though the clarity is inviting
if the cold doesn’t kill you, you’ll die fighting

A blank woman clings to your shores
she doesn’t see how deeply she’s ignored
for what you see reflected in the glass
you’re hustling, hustling backwards to the past

Don’t get in, that river runs backwards
climbs up and up and only gets faster
don’t get in though the clarity is inviting
if the cold doesn’t kill you, you’ll die fighting

I am not your compass
I am not your resource
I am just reflections of the human force
I love your goodness
I will not reflect any other shadow from your eyes
I am not your demise

The woods are brighter when I dream again
I witch the water saying to my friend
that dreams are where I would rather be
where the only eyes that watch belong to me

Don’t get in, that river runs backwards
climbs up and up and only gets faster
don’t get in though the clarity is inviting
if the cold doesn’t kill you, you’ll die fighting

I am not your compass
I am not your reward
I am just reflections moving forward
I love your goodness
what beats inside your chest
beats the same here inside me
don’t you know we are free
don’t you know you are me

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from Music for the Moon, released August 25, 2019

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Mars Gabriola, British Columbia

Mars is an experimental folk singer, songwriter, and harpist currently living and working on the traditional ancestral lands of the Snuneymuxw people. Using voice, harp, loops, and her imagination, Mars strives to create a dreamlike state in which to tell soothing stories and bring nightmarish shadows into the light. Mars has created one full-length album project, entitled Music for the Moon. ... more

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