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#13 of 20.

sharing the songs individually wasn’t meant to take nearly this long.
the remaining eight will be posted over the next two weeks or so.
i hope everyone’s okay.
love,
eric.
p.s. CD copies of both the new album and volume 1 (which includes “trains we both missed” and “pale blue black holes” as bonus tracks) are still available through bandcamp.

shadow in your hand

wild as
the pain that
you’d run from
for so long

combs of
grey ocean
in your hair

slow dancing
twin stars
captured
then disarmed

glimpses
of glory
from nowhere

oblivion
i knew you’d come
to pour us both out
bottles in the sand
bottles in the sand
the fallout in the clouds

in plumes of steam
a camera dreams
signs i should have seen
shadow in your hand
shadow in your hand
whatever could it mean

how could
i have thrown you
a rope
tried from
the eye of
a whirlpool

snow fleeing
from summer
lost sheep
uncovered
lone wolves
exposed to
each other

oblivion
what’s done is done
you poured us both out
bottles in the sand
bottles in the sand
the fallout in the clouds

in plumes of steam
a camera dreams of
signs i should have seen
shadow in your hand
shadow in your hand
whatever could it mean

shadow in your hand
shadow in your hand
you played it
on to me

come find
me again
in that lost
moment when
you offered your hand
then took all
i had
left

if i’d had
a fighting chance
i’d have passed
on the
last dance

the silence
is deafening

shadow
in your
hand

(from “raised by swans is the name of a man, vol. 2: run with the silent wildfires”. available now (CD copies via bandcamp). all lyrics and music written and performed by e. howden)