Name: Maple Leaves
Duration: P00H04M54S
Description: Recorded at 5am. Background sounds by our friends at Berlin who were setting up for their day.

Maple Leaves

from Weep No More by Atlas Cedars

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Recorded at 5am. Background sounds by our friends at Berlin who were setting up for their day.

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you had your fingers crossed behind your back the whole damn time
your index and your middle digit intertwined
so no promises were kept
they were never even made
stapled to the start line and right there they remain
i hear them sing - the demons in your throat
sprout big wings of fire
and high skyward they float

i let a heart of lead
hang his head
on my sleeve
but there is hope in that
handful of
maple leaves

you had your mind made up in wire knots the whole damn time
your failures and your good intentions intertwined
so no promises were kept
you gave them all away
to places you can't get to and things you'll never say
yeah it's a mess of thread - but I've seen harder things
the quickest way to the end
is backwards from the beginning

i let a heart of lead
hang his head
on my sleeve
but there is hope in that
handful of
maple leaves

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from Weep No More, released September 5, 2012

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Atlas Cedars Long Beach, California

After getting together to work on a few cover tunes for some one-off shows, Jenny Stockdale & Chris Berens felt a certain chemistry that told them they should form a partnership-- so Atlas Cedars was born. Since then they've put their heads & hearts together and come up with some original songs which they've decided to record for an album in the summer. We're excited to see what the future holds. ... more

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