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Nemesis
03:06
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I kept you waiting, didn't I, Crept upon, well hidden
Not a sound heard in your ear
Still you sneer at me, Through a hole in the wall
While faster, I crawl inside your soul
Moan from hollow depths, Moan, from hollow depths, just moan
How can you believe, These hands grow so cold
Blame your sad goals on me, Soon the child will bellow your name
While faster, I crawl inside your soul
Moan from hollow depths, Moan, from hollow depths, just moan
Across tired eyes, and low tides
You’ll turn from me, you’ll stay the same
While faster, I crawl inside your soul
Moan from hollow depths, Moan, from hollow depths, just moan
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Watch Me Sway
03:47
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Sway, the spirit lives, free yourself
Shaded, shaded by the leaves of grace
This time it shines
Pull me away, I'm lost in your sea
Watch me sway, I am but a night away
A shade grew untidy
Surrounded by the heat.
Sometimes I watch you dredge
With old dreams, far times
Your words become a whisper
Passionate of its crimes
Pull me away, I'm lost in your sea
Watch me sway, I am but a night away
Come to place I once knew
Under the steady glaze, sun phase
These fingers feel so sweet, taste salt
Wander through forgiveness
A bow escapes your breath
And falls, along the floor, free yourself
Pull me away, I'm lost in your sea
Watch me sway, I am but a night away
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It's Alright
03:22
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I want to experience you more, as I won’t remember myself
As the world, turns her neck to stare, are you willing, will you hear
It’s alright don’t be sorry, it’s alright, don’t be sorry
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, not to be sorry
I breathed, a little too many of your words
And at night, it’s still day to me, are you willing, will you hear
It’s alright, don’t be sorry, it’s alright, don’t be sorry
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, not to feel sorry
Watched you run, and laugh those days away
An emerging grimace in this moment
It’s alright, don’t be sorry, it’s alright, don’t be sorry
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, not to be sorry
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
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Carried Away
03:34
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I lift my ears as they wander away, where did you find me
Id attempt to see the deceit, I have an awful feeling, you stand more sensible
You’re the kind of stranger that smiles back
You can wash your hands, in the cool breeze, and wrap your mind, in the foul seas
I will never trust you, I will never trust you, I will never trust you, again
There is everything in between, that’s more wasted than before
Forward now fall back, all thoughts concern, don’t stay, run from me
The man around the corner with his head bowed
A white river that flows the wrong way, why do you test me
You can wash your hands, in the cool breeze, and wrap your mind, in the foul seas
I will never trust you, I will never trust you, I will never trust you, again
Once the vicar wins, I see the small small details
A tightrope we all walk along, some fall to either side
Cause it’s too short to show, what really matters now
Well isn’t that something, isn’t it just clouds passing
You can wash your hands, in the cool breeze, and wrap your mind, in the foul seas
I will never trust you, I will never trust you, I will never trust you, again
I will never trust you, I will never trust you, I will never trust you, again
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Tinted
03:37
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Send me across
Those lines of forgiveness
Watch me leave
And ruin this moment
For you are less in
Stained skies
And broad grass
Too far from home to matter
Too slow
To lose faith
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Nineteen Ninety-Two
02:44
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Amid flowing hills
We ran about as dew
Above torpid’s touch
Above torpid’s touch
Nineteen Ninety-Two
In gleeful morning’s touch
We grew as wildflowers do
Above torpid’s touch
Above torpid’s touch
Nineteen Ninety-Two
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Vine
05:40
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A magnificent tree, tall and tangled
Sits above your, glistening hair
And I feel you, across the grinning grass
But all I hear, all I hear is you
Sing to me in currents
Under the captured sun
They might beat your voice down
With sticks and thumps
But all I hear, all I hear is you
How cruel is this, that these wild eyes
Still look for you in me, every time
Under the soft skies, and hard stars
But all I see. all I see is you
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Meet Me
03:26
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Only the wise ones take from the road
Fill their glasses half full
Only to be told, the journey to behold
But deep in my soul I know
This garden grows upon a yacht in the sea
And only the captain’s wheel spins
To the land I long for, belong to
Save my song for
Meet me tomorrow, meet me today, meet me, in a yesterday
Meet me tomorrow, meet me today, meet me, in a yesterday
How easy is it to fall behind
When you’re staring at the path ahead
Too far from home, to matter, too slow
To lose faith, in torn earth
Meet me tomorrow, meet me today, meet me, in a yesterday
Meet me tomorrow, meet me today, meet me, in a yesterday
Cannot deny even to me
That my impression in the sand exists
Tides cannot wash you, winds cannot claim
Of night and day which am I
We are there where we appeared
Meet me tomorrow, meet me today, meet me, in a yesterday
Meet me tomorrow, meet me today, meet me, in a yesterday
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New Moon
03:32
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In the shadow of the night
The words and wine
They flow by the crimes of this tired mind
Crawl to the dream
We can’t remember
New moon spirit me away
New moon, same old ways
Down on my knees, beggin’ you to stay
I’ve seen the whisper
The reflection of the day
Bound to the carriage
Of another charade
Stars arise, I dance despite
New moon, I want to see your light
New moon, same old ways
Go on, keep your light and stay
New moon, same old ways
Down on your knees, till the break of day
Though I’ll never forget
The murmur of the trees
A strange habitat
A vast infinity
Bold lines, to carry awry
New moon, take your light and fly
New moon, same old ways
Shine on me another day
New moon, same old ways
Down on your knees till the break of day
Down on your knees till the break of day
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Kiss The Ground
02:06
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I have caught eyelashes in arid palms
Join me in this ever-varying game
Kneel down on, scabbed knees
Teach me how to pray on a Sunday
In the halls, eternally risen,
Perhaps I will find sanctity
In a dwelling so different than my own
Grow with me kiss the ground
Along the glass, I have caught driven glances
And long clenched fingers, holding my uneasiness
You close your ears to all that surrounds us
Filters, clutters, unhinges
Right is wrong, even in your chest you feel it
Will you find sanctity
In a dwelling, so different than my own
Grow with me kiss the ground, grow with me kiss the ground
Grow with me kiss the ground, grow with me kiss the ground
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Unfortunate
02:47
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Unfortunate, the shadows did cease
As the sun rose above your pampered head
At the feast you sat by the lonely men
Who cried out for their women instead
Is this your soul, your sole masterpiece
This worth a scorned existence, unfortunate
A man laid smiling up at me
Said all he needed that you’d provide
Disappeared with all of the magic
And fought his way to the afterlife
Is this your soul, your sole masterpiece
This worth a scorned existence, unfortunate
When the rains came
You begged me to drown
I reached for your name, without a sound
Is this your soul, your sole masterpiece
This worth a scorned existence, unfortunate
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Another summer will soon come
You’ll shield what you once were
And give all that you have become
Do you feel the ground shift
As mountains lift to greet me
You feel it heave beneath your feet
My fingers still find yours as
We devour all but ourselves
My whispers linger, surpassed only
By the last draw from my smoke
I dreamed this stolen night
For lands parted, separated
For men like you
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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa
Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more
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