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I can only see the Darkness (Alternate Version)

from Small Change World by Hemlock Smith

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This alternate version of the song was recorded as a trio, three days earlier, in an attempt to strip down the song to the bare, essential, minimum.

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I can only see the darkness

I can only see the darkness
And I can never be quite sure
If the light there at this tunnel
Is the illness or the cure

I can only see the darkness
I’m way too old to just ignore, that
The days aren’t getting any longer, baby
And we’re freezing at the core.

*
I can only see the darkness
And I can never be quite sure
If all the sorrow round this table
Makes us cold or just demure

I can only see the darkness
And I can feel it in my pores, that
We ain’t growing any stronger, baby
And we’re sorry till we’re sore.

*

I can only see the darkness
But summer says we’re still alive
So we try to make the best of it
Before we fly back to the hive.

credits

from Small Change World, released September 19, 2023
Written by Frei/Roulet/Evéquoz
Recording: 4.8.2021 (live)

Michael Frei Vocals
Emilie Roulet Piano, Vocals
Mathieu Evéquoz Guitar

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Hemlock Smith Lausanne, Switzerland

Hemlock Smith come from Lausanne (Switzerland). Since 2002, they’ve released 7 regular albums with intelligent pop, as well as 2 soundtracks for silent film and 2 collaborations with Noise duo Les Poissons Autistes. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Frei, Hemlock Smith's distinctive voice is complemented by a talented band seamlessly blending Pop, Folk, Rock and Trip-Hop Sensibilities ... more

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