Giving Is Always Much Harder

from Tendrils by Halcyon Phase

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lyrics

Giving Is Always Much Harder

Finally, we take
Stock of our lives
We're swimming
Through the murkiest
Waters
Time, it marches on
It imperils our
Sons and our daughters

Like despair, in
a Tindersticks song
Their imprisoning
Children on the border
Random, like a Zodiak
Sign, predictive of
Human behaviour
And disorder

And we take
Oh, but we take
Giving is always
Much harder
There's always
Hope
There's always
Hope
But it's slipping away
Ever farther

And we take
Oh, but we take
Giving is always
Much harder
There's always
Hope
There's always
Hope
But it's slipping away
Ever farther

I was there for you
Could you
Be you
There for me?
Always something
Pulling us back
Something
That we can't see

Wipe, these salty
Tears, crying seems so
Damn reactive
Subtlety
Age-worn expressions
We make but
Memories are fading
And selective

Grieve, like
We've always grieved
A bushel of pain
At the market
Soul, dirty as
This coal
That bespoils
Our once clean
Environs

And we take
Oh, but we take
Giving is always
Much harder
There's always
Hope
There's always
Hope
But it's slipping away
Ever farther

And we take
Oh, but we take
Giving is always
Much harder
There's always
Hope
There's always
Hope
But it's slipping away
Ever farther

Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm...

credits

from Tendrils, released March 20, 2021
Frank Smith (words, music); Phillip Victor Bova (music)
lead vocals: Frank Smith
harmony / backup vocals: Rebecca Campbell
drums: Peter Beaudoin
electric bass: Phillip Victor Bova
electric guitar: John Fraser Findlay
string arrangement: Phillip Victor Bova
violin:James Stephens
cello: Margaret Maria
handpan: Jesse Stewart

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Halcyon Phase Ottawa, Ontario

Halcyon Phase is a collaboration between veteran singer-songwriter Frank Smith (Sills & Smith) & legendary producer/recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Phillip Victor Bova (Bova Sound). The debut Halcyon Phase album Tendrils was released on March 20, 2021.All songs were composed by Frank Smith (words, music) and Phillip Victor Bova (music), registered with SOCAN. ... more

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