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from i am only one of many fine threads by Jon Herr

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brother, find your own way home; the father holds a fishing rod.
mother, cries "you let them alone! your nets confine a living god!"

sister signs for a deaf young man
"to your eyes i commit my hands."

daughter sings for a boy, born blind
"i give you my words; i give you my eyes."

we caught the human heart between beats, pinned it to the oak lid of a stone decanter and soaked it in old wine which to some tasted sour, to some sad, to some fine, but you and i are mad! we've loosed the bonds that would bind us back, traded our futures on souped up, break-neck, high-tech steeds, faster than the speed of light! it used to be you could at least see what was comin' down the line but now there is no time -not even to be terrified- and the way is wide that swallowed our eyes and inside there is only darkness. "oh how great is that darkness!" she cried, out on the streets, in the alleyways, by candlelight.

but we're lucky now to have such a long-suffering father, such a patient god -what are you waitin' on?- because if it was up to us, we would have cut the chord, we would have pulled the plug, we would have shut the door, and then we would not have had to learn shit. no one on earth would have heard of all of this shit!

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from i am only one of many fine threads, released May 22, 2018

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i'm on a four month, cross-country bicycle tour with my brother. i'm hauling my guitar along with me so that i can share the new album. you can follow us on instagram:

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