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Northbound lane

from Grayscale folklore by Aki Rise

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Wake up, dress, sit smellin' my bitter coffee
then start burning petrol from our driveway
our bare magnolia almost seems to collapse
as dirty snow piles flatten under my shoes.

Now village lights slowly begin to go out
old hunters drive fast toward their mountain wild
who's gonna run faster, who's gonna survive
who's gonna be first to run away.

Mother don't cry for that
let go my chilly hands
mother don't be afraid
sun shines warm on the northbound lane.

Magnolia still flowers, ice may have melt
though blooms might look paler than they did back then
the poet passed away as the man has survived
yet didn't even take a photograph.

I am comin' back but still your young son died
years ago at the end of the northbound lane
I am comin' back yet my young dreams still remain
under that dreamt yellow sun of the northbound lane.

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from Grayscale folklore, released April 16, 2015

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Low-budget melodic Neofolk solo project from Italy. I am/was also playin' as Kleingott, Jens Hvalsang and Spotless Junkie.

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