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Eternal Rest EP

by Heather Valley

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1.
Through Fog 04:52
Sugar’s in the crystal Coffee is on the stove Nothing left to do here But watch the fog burn off Through fog You can hardly see the Milk House But you can always see behind Just like the truck rides It’s bigger in your mind Can’t really be wrong to want to take care Being alone can make you hard Wondering if you’ll ever get there Real hands, real words, real heart Fog obscures the truth so you see Only beauty So long as he stays far enough to be Obscured by fog It burns off like always You put the laundry on the line A single set of sheets in sunlight A lonely truthful life
2.
Please remember I know, I know, I know Be kind to each other I know, I know, I know There are so few Who lead by their example I won’t forget you How you chose to be gentle It ain’t mercy unless you’ve known great violence Ones who hear me, have known great violence Sure as my life No I know, I know Sometimes my mind Is the devil at my door If you’re at the table While I’m down at the floor How can you expect me To shoulder half your load Show me mercy Have you known great violence? Only hear me If you’ve known great violence Try to remember I know, I know, I know
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Jim Hanlon 06:05
James came from an Irish town He bought a plot and built a church We tried to find it in the prairie after a century And it was lovely, it was lonely Was it luck or was it merit? Or was it hard work? It’s usually between the three But the first homestead was built on a quarry And he gave and gave and gave Cause that’s how men of God be You give and give and never get Give and give and give You give and give and never get And that’s the hard road to eternal rest Grandpa was a ladies man He never a Mary leave From a Sunday afternoon at the farm And the gardens behind Without a fresh cut bunch of flowers Bound with leaves Cause you give and give and never get Give and give and give You give and give and never get And that’s the hard road to eternal rest Pa sharp shot like a legend, man Yeah he was hard, but he was fair When someone hit his favourite friend He gave him a shovel and he said “now you go dig two graves over there” You give and give and never get You give and give and give You give and give and never get And that’s the hard road to eternal rest Ma and pa are nevermore, but the cats still call to to be fed You notice a mark on the ceiling and your sister says “it’s not a leak I spilled my drink Listening to the adults when I should have been in bed…” You give and give and this is what you get You give and give and give You give and give and this is what you get Put down your bags and rest You give and give and never get Give and give and give Give and give and never get That’s the road to eternal rest That’s the road to eternal rest This is the road to eternal rest

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This collection explores the honest things in life: how solitude intersects with peace and truthfulness, how people only understand one another via their own experience, especially in the dark territory of trauma and recovery, and how we live cycles, just like the seasons on a farm.

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released February 23, 2022

Copyright Heather Alexander 2022

Vocals & acoustic guitars HV
Steel guitars Mike Brenner
Wurlitzer Thom McKay
Bass & clarinet Nimal Agalawatte
Fiddle Gareth Inkster
Mixed and mastered by Nimal Agalawatte at Four String Audio in Hamilton, ON.

Art by Josh Dunlap / @chemicalmessiah

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Americana musician based in Hamilton, Ontario

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