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I Listen - Steve Merlin (c)2008/2013

I often venture back to this building
You get in, grab a chair, and sit down
You put your left hand where your right leg meets your hip
Palm pointing upwards

You rest the elbow of your right hand’s arm
In your left hand’s upturned palm
You stretch the finger of your right hand, close your eyes
Feel the voices

Buzzing in your fingertip
Buzzing in your fingertip
Voices in your fingertip
Voices in your fingertip

Feel the thrill under your very skin
The slightest change may tune you in
To different voices

Sometimes I hear my own voice
Sometimes memories I haven’t yet collected
Sometimes I hear the ocean bubbling, rising from the ground and see
The walls like icebergs crumbling to the water

Sometimes I hear the marching of a thousand heavy boots
Sometimes I hear the sound of beating fists on someone’s body
Sometimes a little girl and little boy
And I listen to their meowing

Only rarely, when the stars are at an angle
The voices move like herring in the sea
Then suddenly they change into the body of a girl
Shimmering in the air

You find the reddest voices concentrated ‘round her mouth
I close my eyes and feel her arms are closing ‘round me
And I listen
I listen
I listen
I listen

Many weeks from now’s the time will I return again to this building
What’s the difference between sadness and craving?
The difference between sadness and craving
The difference between sadness and craving
The difference between sadness and craving

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from Between Air And Wing, released February 23, 2013

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Steve Merlin Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Over 9 years dutch prog rocker Steve Merlin has been working on a story-based double album, to be released in 2025. In 2008 Steve launched his experimental album Closer To The Moon. Between Air And Wing (2013) and prog album Crash Course For Earth (2015), were both recorded with a band: Tom van Veldhoven (drums), Sjef Poels (guitars), Freek Helsper (keys), Rick Weren (bass) and guest musicians. ... more

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