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Past Goes On

from Distilled by Alembic

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You cry a little, but not much more
How can we go on when loved ones go?
So you cry a little and what does it show?
You can’t pay the price of the earth in salt water

And the world goes on, are you alone?
The world goes on, is it your home?
The goes on, how can you stay?
The world goes on, the price can’t be paid.

So cry a little and hide your eyes
we live in the shadow of history, we live in the wake wake of those lives
So cry a little, then wash your eyes
what can we do, except survive

And their word goes on, remember he said
Their word goes on, it beats in your head
Their word goes on, their thoughts and their will
Their words go on, and counsel you still

And their word goes on, what do you believe?
Their word goes on, and why do you grieve?
Their word goes on, the truth and the lies
The word goes on, and you have hos eyes.

The flowers bloom thick from the depth of the grave
You know this too gave you life
The flowers bloom thick from the depth of the grave
You know this tomb, it gave you life

They live on through us, forgotten waves
every word ever spoken, every prejudice of every age.
They walk among us, these giants of old
We live in their shadow
We stant of the shoulders of ghosts

And their work goes on, what can it mean?
Their work goes on, you let the pain be.
Their work goes on, and what does it show?
Their work goes on, if death is no more.

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from Distilled, released June 24, 2018

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Alembic Somerville, Massachusetts

Alembic is mystic-folk and medieval sounds for the modern city. Myra Hope Eskridge and Johanna Bobrow combine harp, violin, and voice to weave songs dark and light, both old and new.

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