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Elbow River

from Music for the Moon by Mars

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

lyrics

I will stand in the river, I will wade in past my knees
I will grab it by the neck
and squeeze and squeeze and squeeze

I don’t know who this beast is, or why its fur is wet
or why I am not filled with regret

The magic of the summer calls me to the city streets
I dry my ankles and I bare my teeth
but I do not dare repeat

I will swim in the river, once I’ve let the body go
how quickly it’s gone in the flow

I will feel whole in the water
‘till I look to the other shore
to see the Wolf that will demand even more

The heat of the summer calls me to the city streets
my legs are dry above my aching feet
but where is there relief

I will walk out from the water
to leave behind an empty shell
of the Wolf that turned and writhed and fought so well

I’ll turn back with a flicker
of a thought at wasted life
but the pelt is filthy and I have no knife

The weight of all my woe drives me into people’s eyes
they see my skin and they hear my sighs
but all of it is lies

I’ll go back to the river, a bend in it like a bow
my friends don’t ask what they don’t want to know

The Wolf is on the bank
I am shocked when it wakes
a stranger helps to drive it away

The magic of the summer calls me to the city blocks
I feel the sun, and I don’t mind to walk
and no one here is shocked

At how the heat of the summer
breaks you down and cuts you up
you do whatever makes you feel less stuck
good and evil run amok

(I will go back to the river)

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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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