Beyond the Grave

from River - songs from the poetry of Allison Grayhurst by Diane Barbarash

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if all the seeds fell like blood
or blood like seeds into the ravenous earth, and time
was a wagging tail in the dark
I’d know that death would come
I’d know that death would come

but it’s not my heart that fails me
no, it’s not my heart that fails me
it’s the things outside, the shadows I see
no, it’s not my heart that fails me

it is the hill I climb and stumble down
a rocky incline when I return
if only once a day I go
to meet death’s stalking eyes
to meet death’s stalking eyes

but it’s not my heart that fails me
no, it’s not my heart that fails me
it’s the things outside, the shadows I see
no, it’s not my heart that fails me

the things outside are like the shadow
like the one I see on the neighbor’s window
and the frightening madness, of strangers
here on my wall
like an insect on my wall

but it’s not my heart that fails me
no, it’s not my heart that fails me
it’s the things outside, the shadows I see
no, it’s not my heart that fails me

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from River - songs from the poetry of Allison Grayhurst, track released October 5, 2017
© 2017 Diane Barbarash (vocals, musical composition and arrangement) and Allison Grayhurst (lyrics from the poem Beyond the Grave)

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Diane Barbarash Vancouver, British Columbia

Thank you to the ones who inspire me daily to be true to myself when I write... Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Steve Earle, Sigur Ros, Kathleen Edwards, Kacey Musgraves, Julie Miller, Rhianna, Future, Bon Iver, Yellawolf, Lights and to songwriters everywhere ... more

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