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finally one day,
when the sea sick fades
i’ll grow my sea legs
i'll curse at the coast
i'll cringe at the boat landing

set my mind
to make what once was taken
starving by the seedlings
and just before the harvest broke
you'll leave baskets by my window

here comes the flood
stumbling through my blood
I’m trying to understand its hum
before the damn comes back up.

my ripe skin, thick from thin
stop clutching in the rain,
start soaking in the lake,
its easier, its easier but strange

I felt the rope, tight enough to choke
it was loosening its grip.
nearly a fugitive
wanted to break free, not be acquitted

here comes the flood,
stumbling like a drunk,
I’m trying to understand its hum
before the damn comes back up.

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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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