Name: Strange Reality
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: This is one of Ian's lockdown tunes about dealing with the pandemic in all its strangeness, shadows and light, roses and thorns, buildups and breakdowns. It was a time of extreme weirdness that we're still living with but a time of great learning. Peace.

Strange Reality

by Bennett Valuks

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This is one of Ian's lockdown tunes about dealing with the pandemic in all its strangeness, shadows and light, roses and thorns, buildups and breakdowns. It was a time of extreme weirdness that we're still living with but a time of great learning. Peace.

lyrics

Life can sometimes feel like a feverish dream
It's a wave that builds and holds you back
A sensation that can take the hours from you
It keeps you down and pulls you out

And there’s a sound I hear like the crashing of blood to the head
and onto the rocks below
I see the clouds lift as we talk
It’s a feeling that’s as sure as the sun
Rise
Fall
Step and repeat
The photos of my friends a strange reality
When will we be released?

There’s a darkness in the corner of every room
It’s so hard to see
But not for me
But there’s a lightness that shines so brightly from you
It illuminates the darkest space

But then the sound comes back
Like the crashing of blood to the head
And onto the rocks below
I see the clouds lift as we talk
It’s a feeling that’s as sure as the sun
Rise
Fall
Step and repeat
The photos of my friends a strange reality
When will we be released?

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released December 1, 2022
Music and lyrics by Ian Bennett
2nd guitar and BV by Benedict Valuks
Sarangi by Martin Kingston
Recorded and Mixed by Martin Kingston

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