Name: Midwest Heart
Duration: P00H03M37S
Description: A fake country song. I used the "bastard / thief" line from "Duality" because I felt like it was the one salvageable line from that drunken mess of a song. I do like this one quite a bit, and see it being fleshed out with a banjo and standup bass for a future studio version.

Midwest Heart

from The Harvest Month by Meridian

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A fake country song. I used the "bastard / thief" line from "Duality" because I felt like it was the one salvageable line from that drunken mess of a song. I do like this one quite a bit, and see it being fleshed out with a banjo and standup bass for a future studio version.

lyrics

I got a midwest heart and a New York brain.
I got my mother's eyes, my great-grandfather's name.
I got my hopes so high I can't see through the clouds.
I got dirt on my face from always lookin' down.

I can be your solution. I can be your relief.
I can be such a bastard. I can be such a thief.

And of all the colors in your narrow view
I am the palest shade, I am the deepest hue.
I am the slightest silhouette reflected back into
That great sky glowing orange and the lake screaming blue.

I can be your companion, let you make my heart your home
With wild and reckless abandon, sitting still as a stone.

So calculate my confusion. Weigh out the risk and reward.
There can be no true conclusion drawn from a life unexplored.
So I'll be gone for a while. I swear I'll see you soon.
Never had much of a style, always just sorta knew

That I'll be fine if I stay here and I'll be fine if you go.
Remember there is a difference between "lonely" and "alone".

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from The Harvest Month, released October 1, 2013

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Meridian Cleveland, Ohio

Jake, Max, Steve, Tim and Rozco. five nice midwesterners that play tunes for you.

currently spread across Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. occasionally reconvening to make music, drink whiskey and play pinball.

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