This is a practice
We'll let it protect us
Like the flower in the desert
Or the water in the cactus
Our deep, oldest twitches
Flow into a ritual
Sharing our riches with you
With
All of you who we choose to bring to
This sunlit canyon
This sunlit canyon
We share the things that we Choose to cling to
With wild abandon
We've made a place like a long embrace
Where we hold you captive
And hold the moment captive
And you can come and you can go
But you can't erase
The tapestry you're wrapped with
Because it's made of
Skin & sky. skin & Sky,
what's behind those curtains
and what only gets in the way
Him & i, him & I
Know one thing for certain but it
Changes every day
Your mind gets shifty on you Just when you begin to
Understand it, understand it
It's a place you leave and you Come into
Empty-handed
And it's a place for you to stay when there's nowhere to go
Would you rather? Wouldn't you rather
It's a place to gather at the mouth of a sanguine flow
And to clot with lather
Skin & sky, skin & Sky
First you choose your canvas, then you
Dip your brush in the oil
Him and i, him and I
Stark beneath the surface like a
Little bulb in the soil
Water stinks when you give it time to think
From all the life within it
The little critters in it
Well I can drain the pond, and let the water on its way
Flow on
Just let me think a minute
He lets me live in the alternative
He deceives me and undeceives me
Whatever peace that he can find is the peace he gives
Which is what we want, believe me
Skin & sky, skin & Sky
What's behind those curtains
And what only gets in the way
Him & I, him & i
Know one thing for certain but it
Changes every day
And this is a practice
We act as a filter
Receiving and sieving
You through
Skin & Sky, Skin & Sky,
Just imagine never running
Out of something to say
Him & I, him & i
Know one thing forever and it
Changes every day
credits
from Instead of Sad Songs,
released April 25, 2021
Helena Very - vocals
Josephine Simple - accordion
and featuring Dirty Bird:
Christie Belanger - guitar
Blake Suben - cajón
John Crisan - banjo
Mel Escudero and Natasha Thweatt - birdsong
engineered and produced by Chris Krasnow and Eva Lawitts, Wonderpark Studios
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