California Widow

by Hemma

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this is a song written for the musicians who attended the boarding school I went to, Phillips Exeter Academy: Yo-Yo Ma, Ketch Secor, and Win Butler.
this is a song written for the musicians from my home, Eau Claire.
this is a song for my grandma.

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Too many details to convey the price
of leaving home for boarding school
14 years of midwest life

Changing all the locks on every door,
rearranging the maps on the wall
has your sister walked this floor?
can she hear me now?

I've started running along this river
when will I let it slow me down
and teach me its only sound?

Would it help if I lay me down?
would it help if I don't follow you around?
Separate as we walk inside this house
believing the lies we both held
inside our mouths

Separateness is a widow
in the California home
and it drives me away from the ground
is it locked there
am I lost?

I've been running along this river too long.
when will I let it sweep me up and
let it teach me
it's only song?

(instrumental break)

Silt and how it covers up my back
held it in what i thought
was a strong grasp

Amber, Amethyst, and all the stones
I have missed
will they hear me now?
can they heal me now?

i'm still running along this river
when will i slow it down
and listen for
it's only sound?

Cabin fever worse than ever this year
Felt it down in my bones
Movement hasn't come across
in what feels like
a thousand years

I've stopped running along this river
who is the keeper of the shoreline?
I guess the turn is mine.

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released April 27, 2019
Vocals and Piano: Hannah Hebl

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Hemma Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hemma comes from a family of singers, carving her own path for the last decade as a budding balladeer. Sometimes with a full band, many times a soloist, Hemma captivates the audience as she paints with a pastoral brush of old and embellishes with modern drum machine magic. She returns to the studio with Sean Carey this winter for a follow-up full length to her 2020 EP Tomorrow River. ... more

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