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Overgrowth

by Strawberry Heritage

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1.
I've been on the road again today someone have the piece of mind to stop me where I lay and I would be another fly on the wall less distracted come to terms pull down the woolen shawl the letters in my dreams all change around leading me to see there is no concrete state of mind although I've tried to keep it high all along keeping questions in my pocket like a box that's full of charms and you don't come to me unless you're called your color's in the leaves and on your breath is alcohol and I would be such a fool not to give but protection comes a virtue and we've separate lives to live we don't have to feel the change in spring unwrap it throw the peel keep your head down start again among the chain you're a link pulled tight along with tension comes a weakness put down the will to fight you, you're a warm heart beat always working where you sleep thoughts are rolling out the door home on the mantle near your thrown photographs and things you own giving permanence to place to all of the things we keep around be it luck lost or found we are bound to separate
2.
Lie With You 03:54
I'm not of the sort of type to lie but I love to lie with you I don't think its kind to roll your eyes but you know I sometimes do I don't think about the troubled times theres far too much work to do and I dont think its worth the piece of mind to deny whats running through I hold you like water in a jar just to watch the way you move and you'll be what it takes to get me by just believing like you do and mountains are the way up to the sky and the clouds will part the view so come with me stop asking yourself why let the water carry you please don't say you're gonna go on your own the tangles you know I would untie I would go follow you
3.
Travelers 01:53
4.
Overgrowth 03:15
Oh a bird spoke to me through my window I was listening like we were friends when I opened my eyes it was over and the day had already begun it was cold in the house on that morning woodsmoke and small figurines and the table was empty with boredom and the lawn was uncut now for weeks when the snow came I kneeled in the garden marveling at what had grown trickling through what had hardened every stem every root stands alone spilled onto the sidewalk and over plants on their own overgrown and walking they tap on your shoulder just to feel what its like to be known
5.
nature will always bed down by the side of the road leave leaps and boundaries the acorns will scatter and roll concrete will heat in the sun seeds will be planted among the median parking forgot how the sound and the smells are not there cabins and windows afford us the privilege to stare lest not the engine will spark finding ourselves in the dark under the stars without for a torch or a memory do we stand a chance night from the air is our breath and its sharpening trance holding what we know to be changes like every disease and golden age piercing like teeth from the rain puzzled you stay in your lane and pass it by
6.
Spring Raga 03:11
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she spins around the room dancing across the wood floor feet only well to do she's up for that and some more I dance beside myself waiting for her to notice told under lies and breath I don;t think I could persuade her theres a voice in my head she's always open to changes no words are said as we reach for each others right arm held tight repeating our footsteps would build and release swollen hearts beating a first love or chance for the feeling if there's one thing I know it's to follow the trail of your heartbeat covered in snow she would walk out the door and be gone my mind would play back the sight of her walking away burned in my eyelids the memory I'd watch it for days there's a voice in my head she's always open to changes no words are said as we reach for each others right arm
8.
Open Street 03:20
I see it all to clear now I see it from behind thoughts and motivation finally had the time its different from the rule book a different way to play and with it blew the cold wind turned winter in a day running down the open street is that a way to be bundled up your bedrooms cold you're waiting there for me and I'll look out for you just bit off more than I can chew I'll make it up next year settle down and build around settle up lose control invitation to the welfare join the crowd who's getting in used to see it as a wilderness now its tame beyond compare guess thats the nature of the universe engineering from thin air running down the open street is that a way to be bundled up your bedrooms cold you're waiting there for me and I'll look out for you just bit off more than I can chew I'll make it up next year
9.
how our own breath has been passed on by others who've lived dachshunds and hunting hounds track by the fear that you give and the will not to die so strong by the ones on the hill split by our differences not blood or color of eyes stuck on the tangles when combing your hair left to right never is perfect but always the chance to improve so let one be different or let them the chance to decide for all to be open and letting the knots be untied still compromised by the will of others and time so let down the flooding gates let fall the ash from the sky holding the teeth in place marionetes and white lies the biggest distraction of all is the worrying mind like flies are drawn to light chance to see without the sun feeding a parasite how many more til its done light from the inside will only be lessoned light from the inside will only be lessoned

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released November 29, 2016

All songs by John Hanson
Album Produced and Recorded by John Hanson in Grand Rapids, MI
Assistant Engineer and additional Production by Jacob Bullard
Mixed By Chris Bathgate at Backseat in Ann Arbor, MI
Mastered By Mike Nau in Lavale, MD
Cover By Hayley Hungerford
Design and Layout Michael Krauss

John Hanson: Guitar, Bass, Vocal, Vibraphone, Percussion, Piano
Jacob Bullard: Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Vocal. Piano
Jeffrey Niemeier: Violin, Vocal, Mandolin
Fiona Dickinson: Cello, Vocal, Banjo
Ariel Frey: Vocal
Hayley Hungerford: Vocal, Omnichord
Chad Houseman: Percussion
Ashley McGrath: Oboe
Rachele Guastella: Piano
Leah Schumaker: Vocal
Nate Bliton: Viola
Zach Nichols: Trumpet

Special Thanks to: Peter Fox, Sean McConnell, Fountain St. Church, Branch Cabin, DJ Viernes, Zachary Tomaszewski, Jamie Schumaker, The Schumaker Family, Alex McGrath, The Cook-Parrott Family, The Dickinson Family, Lamp Light Music Festival, Graham Parsons, The Go Rounds, Earthwork Music, the Blickley Family,
Jim Roll, Keith Kinnear, Radiator Hospital, The Soil and the Sun, Rachele Eve, Major Murphy, Vox Vidorra, Marlee Grace, Mike Wolf, The DAAC, Earthwork Music

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Strawberry Heritage Detroit, Michigan

Strawberry Heritage is the songwriter, multi instrumentalist, producer John Hanson. Accompanied by many friends and fellow musicians along the way, this folk outfit is based in Detroit, MI. The musical arrangements are filled with folk and classical instrumentation, centering around guitar based songwriting and vocal harmony.
photo: Joshua Skinner. Header photo: Malro Mudd
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