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Stuart "Something" Miller,
your hair outgrew your spine,
now it's matted down in a box of pine.
fifteen years inside you,
outside the snow falls down,
covers jackets doesn't reach the ground.
my broken pencil fingers,
pointless and without lead,
can't find no words to raise no dead.
my broken pencil fingers,
leadless and without point,
pacing around trying to case the joint. 

all this sad sighing
all this low looking
all this soft talking
and i just get to walk in.

somewhere after midnight,
the morning birds all sing.
from the gothic trees they sounds they swing.
your little,little mother,
talks to another man.
about the money you gave
and your big, big plans.
now your holy, holy father smiles when he can,
all black cloth benedictions. 

all this sad sighing
all this low looking
all this soft talking
and i just get to walking.
 

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from Wake of Waking, released October 30, 2013

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Grand Lake Islands Portland, Oregon

"Grand Lake Islands...Rides the link between cerebral folk mysticism and dreamy beach-bum sunshine nostalgia with surprising ease."
-Independent Clauses


Grand Lake Islands is a hazy folk collective led by Portland-based songwriter Erik Emanuelson. Emanuelson’s expressive tenor recalls Nashville Skyline era Dylan and delivers lyrics soaked in metaphors and stark emotional landscapes.
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