Spirit of the North

from Bough by Jon Atkins

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The spirit of the north is given to the south,
In open house.
There is nothing you could say could deserve what spirit gave:
Relentless grace.
The common man of God walks along the rocks.
He slips and he falls.
But the love that pulls him up is felt in his gut.
He lives it up.

Only when I doubt, I'm wasting love talk.
Only when she's around, I'm getting off the tracks.

It was robbing me of rest, the desires of my flesh.
I want, at best.
It's the way that I was made and it's the way that I might stay,
For days and days.
With the people that I meet and the love that I receive,
It gives me heat.
The girl that I just met, she'd been singing in my head.
I feel her breath.

Only when I doubt, I'm wasting love talk.
Only when she's around, I'm getting off the tracks.

And the father of the land was saying,
Something about my knees,
And the mother of the earth was weeping,
For lack of heat,
And now I see, the cold is me.
The cold is me.

The spirit of the north is given to the south,
In open house.
There is nothing I could say to deserve what Spirit gave:
Relentless grace.
I am a common man of God and I walk along the rocks.
I slip and I fall.
But a Love pulls me up from the center of my gut,
And I live it up.

Only when I doubt, I'm wasting love talk.
Only when she's around, I'm getting off the tracks.

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from Bough, released February 3, 2012

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