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The Long Way Home

from Absinthe & Smoke by Corey Isenor

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I heard a cry this morning, I took it as a warning sign,
Escaping voices outside, in the sunshine

I move through quiet meadows, I dance where on the shadow falls,
But even now at this hour, I feel small

Time won’t wait, another moment for my youth
Life won’t render me in love, without the proof
A song won’t end when it is beginning
Breaking out over the dawn, as I’m waking up on the lawn
Singing the same old song, but getting the words all wrong
Making them up as I go, taking the long way home,
Even if I don’t feel unhappy

I seek and find belongings, while I reflect on the scene performed
With every breath that I take, I’m reborn

A dozen limes and lemons, a thousand lines and boundaries crossed
When we are young we are free, but we are lost

Time won’t bend another moment for my youth
Life won’t render me in love, without the proof
A song won’t end when it is beginning
Breaking out over the dawn, as I’m waking up on the lawn
Singing the same old song, but getting the words all wrong
Making them up as I go, taking the long way home,
Even if I don’t feel unhappy

But I’m in luck, there’s something beyond this trend
Though I don’t know how it will end
Something around the turn, though I don’t know where or when
Something that I can’t prove, by taking it out on you

I move through quiet meadows, I dance where on the shadow falls,
But even now at this hour, I feel small

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from Absinthe & Smoke, track released June 21, 2019

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Corey Isenor Halifax, Nova Scotia

On 'Absinthe & Smoke', Corey Isenor moves away from the country sound of his previous albums to focus on more of a roots- rock, folk-pop sound. Over the course of the ten tracks, the Nova Scotian songwriter vigilantly explores themes of youthful disenchantment, our existential place in the modern world, the passage of time, and - of course - romance - Pigeon Row ... more

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