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where you were young

from where you were young by Alec Betterley

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lyrics

kneel under there where you were born in
black in the stone and beneath the ocean lies
a place where everything in tranquil tones
trails tearless a tragic place to call your own is
home and then sleepy-eyed for the ride
home again lie by the wayside
and you sigh and break like the song of birth
standing alive by the edge of the air and earth
see names in the windows of the dusty dim
sleep in flames the devastation crawls within your
hiding place bright recall the infant stars
find a place safer than where you are and where you'll see

every peace you've found is lost
beauty draped across
emeralds and nightmares in the
darkest forest til the dawn
darken for us move along

kneel under there where you were young and
sail over green on fragments of dream they run
so rest there and gaze onto the quiet world
in rainfall and endless energy you twirl within the sun
salute all of the smoky skies
begin to run nothing left in your eyes ascending see

every peace you've found is lost
beauty draped across
emeralds and nightmares in the
darkest forest til the dawn
darken for us move along
hushed until the soothing's gone

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from where you were young, released April 1, 2012

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Alec Betterley New York

Alec Betterley is an upstate NY-based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music therapist. He was a founding member of the groups My Friend Other & Toys and Tiny Instruments, and supports other artists on keys when he can find the time amidst a busy schedule of corralling three youngsters. ... more

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