I want to wake up in my lecture hall a photograph
of someone I once felt knew
who she would not ever be, existing obviously
existing as a lonely soul
totally free and free of control with
no moss to cushion me as I roll
And then I met you and I felt light
It kind of hurt but it hurt alright
And then I met you, you needed love
and I just so happened to love you
I used to fall asleep in hazy fields of playa dust
with someone who's much like you.
Now there isn't much you left.
I stifle empty threats:
I could be free and free of control,
the ocean is open and totally cold with
no hands to harbor me when I fold.
And then I met you and I felt light
It kind of hurt and it hurt all night.
And then I met you, my gut says go,
but I just so happen to love you.
Folk artist Josienne Clarke revisits music from her back catalog, infusing these lonesome songs with a new luminosity and drive. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2023