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Storm In A Bottle

from The Harvest Month by Meridian

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Once in a while, I'll pick up something small like a pen or a coin and it'll flood me with a very distinct memory of something, and then a song usually comes. I was packing up to move out of my folks' house and found a few scraps of paper - one of which had a map on it that a former partner had drawn for me so I could navigate out to her house for the first time. I sat down and wrote all the words to this song in about 15 minutes.

There are four references to other songs in this song. The first three are taken from the 'set list' that I found in the first verse. The fourth is just a great song that I unabashedly stole from. The songs are:

* Old Crow Medicine Show - "Wagon Wheel"
** Neil Young - "Heart Of Gold"
*** The Band - "The Weight"
**** The Mountain Goats - "This Year"

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I found a map you drew me of your hometown with all the streets I had to take to get to you drawn on the back of a set list from your father's band with covers and the classics bleeding through. I can't recall if you're an alto or soprano but I'm sure that you found a role to fill. But wagon wheels* stall and hearts of gold** are prone to fall when the weight*** is that much greater than the will.

I was sure that we were pure until I learned that there is more to love than just staying still and sleeping in. Now I don't know where to begin.

I got my own place. I guess I'm doing fine these days and that's much better than I thought I'd be by now. And I still find souvenirs from time to time and I set them aside or throw them out. But I've kept a few - I'll never cleanse myself of you. Although I've wanted to, you're etched into my bones. I covered up but it was never warm enough, so I gave up and found a comfort in the cold.

I was sure that we were pure until I learned that there is more to love than just locking eyes and holding hands****. I think I halfway understand.

I guess it's been about a year since you took off and I've learned more than I ever learned in school: on how to live, how to fight through every day. Maybe back then I was a fool, but I was your fool. Yeah, that was me, but I found something else to be and while I cannot quite define it, here I stand. Work in progress. A bottled storm. Collected mess, more or less, I guess. A semi-hollow man.

I was sure that we were pure, but now I know that there is more to love than just simply hoping it goes well. For now, it's just too soon to tell.

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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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