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Surrounded By Words

from Long Winters by The Franklin Farm

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Sitting in a darkening room surrounded by words.
Some recent, some ancient, some clear, but mostly dumb and obscure.
The thought is there to organize and make some kind of claim.
To put aside some tokens of my history and of my name.

To hold what I can as time runs down on this place,
To take what I'll need to help with the memories I'll chase.

It's getting towards five, and outside the windows the world is pure white.
The snow has been falling since Tuesday, all day and all through the night.
I went for a walk and was the only thing out there making a sound.
The hills were in haze behind trees on the old road up into town.

I glanced towards the church, the snow drifts high on the lawn,
Then walked to the cemetery to say hi to my grandpa and mom.
The road was dark and twisting, and I didn't want to get nailed by a plow.
I knew where I was going but felt shaky and lost somehow.

Sitting in a darkening room surrounded by words.
I'll be moving on, but they'll sit here forever, unspoken, unheard.

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from Long Winters, released October 23, 2021

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The Franklin Farm Portland, Maine

The Franklin Farm is the moniker of John Sayles, a Maine-based guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. A dedicated home recorder since the early 1990's, John is also active in the Portland music scene, as a solo performer at area farmers' markets, co-ops, and coffee shops, as a member of the band Futureshoes, and as half of the musical mantra duo, Jaap. Thanks for listening! ... more

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