Name: It Happened Before
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: The tape was rolling and the song started coming. A spontaneous harvest is what I like to call it. Only much later on I n the recording process did it become re-discovered...

It Happened Before

from An Arc in the Sky by Daniel Mckell

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The tape was rolling and the song started coming. A spontaneous harvest is what I like to call it. Only much later on I n the recording process did it become re-discovered...

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Well, this happened before
A long time ago
On the river banks the shore that you know
Down in the old town
Burying the mud
Throw everything you can down
Wash your soul clean and purify
Oh the crows fly by and call
You’re never going back to where you came again
If you do it you’re only half a man
If you do it you’re only half human
If you do it you’re climbing up a building that everybody’s doing for fun
Don’t throw yourself in the one,
I’ve been around
You’re listening to me
I’ve been around
You’re not listening to me

Where are the golden streams of light promised to you my little dear?
I’m looking for them in your hair; I saw them once there before
Am I wasting material with this? Does it even matter?
Beneath everything there is a song that you must sing
Beneath everything there is a song that you must sing
Beneath everything there is a song that you must sing

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from An Arc in the Sky, released December 29, 2012

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Daniel Mckell Montreal, Québec

With a voice like a mountain stream, Daniel McKell sings songs for grown-ups who never grew up and kids feeling the woes of the world. Best known for his work with acclaimed Montreal string band Lake of Stew, Daniel now sings in Alt-Country band Fieldstone Reverie and uses his guitar and kazoo to send prayers up in soap bubbles. ... more

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