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Voices in the Overtones

by Jeremiah Craig

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Try easy
Trying too hard
Has betrayed me
Men in the vanguard
Invade me
And with just a few scars
We relax and sneak past in the morning

The faceless
Built on this bog
To be graceless
The earth rolled as the logs
To inflate it
With false empty throngs
But we’ll relax and sneak past in the morning

We were chased in
To get in line
For erase then
We recalled that sweet wine’s
Made with raisins
And we’ll drink it in time
When we relax and sneak past in the morning

Just as I noticed we want age when we’re young and youth when we’re grown
Then played a song from home and I heard the voices in the overtones
Hello old friend, you’ve had much to defend, come in and dry off for awhile
Let’s talk where to begin and I’ll pack up my things and ready for every mile
To thank the voices in the overtones

We got half as much as we half expected
But we still took what we could get
We’ve made it this far only half detected
By those old confederates
We got half as much as we half expected
That’s why we always ask high
With so much not even half elected
It won’t take long to wonder why
Walked the line at the border
And caught the eye of the controller
He put our names in a folder
And still follows us worriedly

On the freeway
We sang the old songs
That’d been waylaid
By white hairs with brooms
From their heyday
But with no stock in moons
We relax and sneak past in the morning

We missed schooling
And still showed up late
For the ruling
To be branded in hate
By the drooling
But with no chain on the gate
We relax and sneak past in the morning

We thought at lengths
As we listened to air
Then we gave thanks
To a beauty so fair
That it outranks
Any hounding despair
We relax and sneak past in the morning

Just as I noticed the passengers blamed for a flight that never could’ve flown
Then played a song from home and I heard the voices in the overtones
Hello old friend, you’ve had much to defend, come in and dry off for awhile
Let’s talk where to begin and I’ll pack up my things and ready for every mile
To thank the voices in the overtones

After little thefts and small obsessions
We passed on our ticket to the nosebleeds
All their mistakes are our lessons
And it’s cited in our own creed
After little thefts and small obsessions
We all agreed how the deal would go down
And in vacant dates and intentions
We are only guided by the sound
And the bells ring clearly
Frequencies fly freely
We followed their feeling
To stroll pass strong security

Come hither
And rest past the wall
Just for shivers
Ignore the loud call
For quick treasures
They’re in front of us all
Since we relaxed and snuck past in the morning

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released September 11, 2018

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Jeremiah Craig Boston, Massachusetts

I write stories with my songs and focus on traditional folk ballads as a foundation for my music. I’m a balladeer! If you like stories in the music you listen to, you’ve definitely come to the right place.

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