Northern Nights, Southern Strides

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On a cold October night I left you on a northbound train
Six long months till I’ll be back again
Up and over countryside with barren trees and crops all slain
Try and keep your warmth with next of kin

I feel your heart beating, buried deep in autumn snow
The coursing of your blood will take me home
You feel my soul flowing, even though the river froze
The current underneath it never slows; it strides to you

Winter nights were long and brutal, sky was frigid, black like oil
Dug down deep, found patience in my core
But now those darkened days are over, pistons churn and water boils
Southward bound the smoke in billows soars

Closer now your heart beating, lying in the melting snow
The coursing of your blood will bring me home
Closer now, my soul flowing, long ago the river froze
The current underneath it never slows

But I have seen the wreck of love spread thick across these lands
And I scraped and fought and toiled with black and calloused hands
For you

I feel your heart beating, barely held within your clothes
The coursing of your blood has brought me home
You feel my soul flowing , overtake these fragile bones
The current underneath never slowed
For you

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from Hunger Hush, released April 7, 2011

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Hunger Hush Calgary, Alberta

Hunger Hush plays wiry indie-rock with a flair for the experimental. They've played across Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan, and performed at CMF 2013. Careful craftspeople and troublesome young men.

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