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Elbow River

by Dagger Harbour

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Dagger Harbour plays Elbow River from Mars' album Music for the Moon

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I will stand in the river, I will wade in past my knees
I will grab it by the neck, and squeeze and squeeze and squeeze

I don’t know who this beast is, or why its fur is wet
or why I am not filled with regret

The magic of the summer calls me to the city streets
I dry my ankles and I bare my teeth
but I do not dare repeat

I will swim in the river, once I’ve let the body go
how quickly it is gone with the flow

I will feel whole in the water, until I look to the other shore
to see the Wolf that will demand even more

The heat of the summer calls me to the city streets
my legs are dry above my aching feet
but where is there relief

I will walk out from the water, to leave behind an empty shell
of a Wolf that turned and writhed and fought so well

I’ll turn back with a flicker of a thought at wasted life
but the pelt is filthy and I have no knife

The weight of all my woe drives me into people’s eyes
they see my skin and they hear my sighs
but all of it is lies

We will go back to the river, a bend in it like a bow
my friends don’t ask war they don’t want to know

I see the Wolf on the bank, oh how I’m shocked when it wakes
a kind stranger helps me drive it away

The magic of the summer calls me to the city blocks
I feel the sun, and I don’t mind to walk
and no one here is shocked

At how the heat of the summer breaks you down and cuts you up
you do whatever makes you feel less stuck
good and evil run amok
(I will go back to the river)

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released February 1, 2020

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Gabriola Island-based Dagger Harbour brings you west-coast tidings of damp. They've got a harp, a banjo, and the harmonies you need.

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