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Becoming

by Eric Lawrence North

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1.
Monochrome 06:23
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I used to live in black and white Tracing my world in monochrome I found my pleasure in the gray There’s so much interest in the nuance I felt the world around me change Illuminating all the color I stepped away from black and white I left my cave and found the sunlight I can see myself in your eyes Thinking we were the good guys I can see myself among you Feeling way out of place Feeling way out of place But I remember being loved well In all my questioning Have you ever been loved well When you feel so scared? When you feel so scared? I never took you for a saint I’ve seen your darker corners I’ve felt your sharper edges I’ve felt your chill against my skin I’d never pegged you for a martyr I guess this is the hill you’ll die on I hope this ain’t the hill you’ll die on I can see myself in your eyes Thinking: Us and Them I can see myself among you Feeling way out of place Feeling way out of place I remember being shot down For all my questioning Have you ever been shot down In the middle of the air? In the middle of the air?
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Diving Bell 04:33
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Caught up in a rush of blood The hivemind buzzing around Well that wasn’t me I wasn’t myself So much of this is pressurized Trying to feel that something Something I don’t Oh something I don’t My heart was burning Under the surface I was there dreaming of Of running away Of running away Follow the crowds All the while I’m falling down Oh no I’m wasting away I’m wasting away Cry, scream, shout it out My head was stuck in a diving bell Sinking deep just like a stone, alone Throw me a length of rope now Deep down in the darkest well I need lifeline to the light, the light Drawing lines I’d always cross Crawling up inside my loss For days I was missing for days Always losing time to drink Trying so hard to look like I was alive Like I was alive Just to look alive My heart was burning Under the surface I was there dreaming of Of running away Of running away Follow the crowds All the while I’m falling down Oh no I’m wasting away I’m wasting away Cry, scream, shout it out, My head was stuck in a diving bell Sinking deep just like a stone, alone Throw me a length of rope now Deep down in the darkest well I need lifeline to the light
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Little Secrets 04:31
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Think of all the times I’ve held you In the dark nights of your soul Think of all the little secrets We’ve whispered in the dark I hope you know you’re not alone I hope you know I’ve got your back Think of waiting for the first light And the mountains that we’ve roamed Think of all those early mornings The blush, the alpen glow I hope you know you’re not alone I hope you know I’ve got your back Think of our years in the city The streets we rode at night Think of all the crowded parties We left to dance at home Don’t forget about the silence And the ordinary hours How we shared the space together In the safety of our home I hope you know I’ve got your back I hope you know you’re not alone I hope you know you’re not alone I hope you know you’re not alone
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Consumed 04:30
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And it’s true what they say I was missing my own life I was caught in a riptide And got swept away Hours into days into years I told god I’m thirsty I’d give all I have lord To quench this old ache I was all consumed I was all consumed I was all consumed I was all consumed So I ran from the world and I drank To anesthetize my doubt To pull me out of my own mind When I should’ve been there I told myself many times I was in way too deep now I must have a death wish Well, maybe I did I was all consumed I was all consumed I was all consumed I was all consumed I was baptized in a swimming pool and forgot to hold my breath I drank til I was dizzy and I stumbled off the steps I hurt myself and others more times than I can count I lied to those I loved the most, not least of all myself I was all consumed indieIndie RockAmericanaFolk
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Firewall 03:43
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Ten years ago I’d say I was homesick For no place I’d known For no place I’d seen My younger years They kept me a rollin’ I’d pull up my roots And look for the new ground Ooh I was on my own then I put up my walls To keep me from burning ‘Cause leaving is pain And leaving is heartache But love has a way Of jumping my fences And light is coming through The cracks along my firewall Ooh High time I slow down These days I feel like I’m on the cusp of something Like the newness of the day In the half-light of the morning The eyes of my son And the love of my girl I’m making my own I’m building my own home Ooh And I know I’m home now
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I Am Not Away 05:10
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This is just my place This is just my time I am not away I am not away This is where I’m lost This is where I’m found I am here to stay I am here to stay This is just my taste This is just my type I am not away I am not away This is where I’m loved This is where I love I am here to stay I am here to stay
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Memory 06:07
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I can stand and watch the skyline bathed in red from the heavy plumes I can walk the halls of my highschool stopping to glance in every room I can run the length of the valley and wave to the school kids shuffling by I can wash off all my worries in the rainstorm brewing up in the sky I can smell the rancid trash fire billowing up from the edge of the road I can hear the monsoon winds come tearing right through the great palm grove Oh, memory’s a place I go Oh, I can’t help but visit now and then Oh, memory’s a shrine I’ve built Oh, turning over relics in my hands Do you remember your teenage self? Do you recall how hard it was? You can’t believe the things you said, like words came spilling right out of your mouth Do you remember the heightened senses, like everybody’s staring right at me? Holy smoke it was unrelenting, socially exposed for all to see I can see so many faces pouring right out into my dreams I can feel the shame of my teens tearing me apart at the seams Oh, memory is climbing mountains Oh, pushing past the pain to see the view Oh, memory is typhoon season Oh, wading through the flood to reach your home I’ve tried to remember details, actual phrases that I heard I’ve tried to rebuild the zeitgeist, but all of it’s gone or weathered and blurred Like an artist painting a portrait of someone I knew so long ago Did I get the lines on your face right? The hardest part’s the human face Oh, memory’s a fickle thing Oh, someone told me its half invention Oh, memory’s a picky eater Oh, I can’t stomach half the things I see Oh, memory’s a place I go Oh, I can’t help but visit now and then Oh, memory’s a shrine I’ve built Oh, turning over relics in my hands
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I Will Be Here 04:18
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Sometimes my son The wind at your back Can knock you down Sometimes my son The silver spoon Can poison you Sometimes my son An act of love Can shake the earth Sometimes my son The busy days Can make you feel far away But I, I will be here I will be near to you always I, I can’t see your future But I’ll be around for all of your days Sometimes my son Life rolls on So beautifully Sometimes my son The weight of all Comes crushing down Sometimes my son You need someone Who knows the dark Cuz sometimes my son Times do get hard And friends will come and go along With places that you’ve known And you will say goodbye, Too many times But Mom and I will walk beside We’ll keep a light on all night long You’ll always know You’re not alone (you’ve got a home) Cuz I, I will be here I will be near to you always I, I can’t see your future But I’ll be around for all of your days

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released October 15, 2022

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Eric writes and records in his studio in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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