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Warm Keeping

from Wake of Waking by Grand Lake Islands

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There’s a little box in the back of my head by the window.
I’ve been buying up seeds with my spare bank notes.
But they're sitting all still just collecting, not blooming.
My mind gets crowded and I feel like moving.

If I could figure out what dried up I could water it.
Or at least burn the evidence.

I can tell my friends by their smokers cough in their breathing, these days,
Down by the river bed, not sleeping.
They’ve coupled off their loneliness for warm keeping,
Trying not to do much speaking.

If they tell me where they got off I could give em a lift
and we could get out of Brooklyn.

I met a girl from west of Sacramento.
Part of her is mine, the other part unsettled
Sometimes she leaves my bed when the morning's new,
and I hope that she’s not gone when the night comes through
If she tells me where she’s going I will follow,
Blurry eyed Portland or thin-aired Colorado.

In the east you only dream about the west,
From the sun soaked weeds of a hill’s crest.
Staring down the headlights in the August of sweat,
Looking for the tears in this city’s fabric.
gonna find where broken and make my way in
Or im gonna just start laughing.

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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. ... more

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