Oh my dear, I truly believe
You like all the parts of me
That I let you see
And my dear, well if I should see
A less than ideal picture of me
I just hit delete
Get my story straight and deliver on time
Make sure every character gets a line
There’s a part here undefined
It could be yours and it could be mine
What if I told you that I
I followed the wrong stars all of my life [x2]
What if I told you that I--
I hauled the north star down
I ground it down
I maybe made a little whimpering sound
And watched the light go out
And you, I’m so grateful for you
And all the gentle things you do
To push me through
You could go, and of course you could stay
And watch the bruises I made every day
Fade away
Ah let’s put aside, the stories that I
I told to get by, all of my life [x2]
And if we go outside
With open eyes
And we go where the water’s wide
Your hand in mine
What happens when we’re on the happier side
Of a rising tide
credits
from The Best of Star Thistle,
released May 24, 2021
Star Thistle: vocals, guitars, harmonium
Dylan Bodner: bass swell
This album grows on me more and more with each listen. Bodner's approach to taking traditional music and reworking it and weaving it into his own personal narrative is amazing. On Into Grace, his own narrative is in the forefront. mad_wanderer
West Virginia country-folk singer-songwriter Trae Sheehan aims to find a balance between the traditional and the modern on his new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 29, 2020