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Gardening & Everything Involved Therein

from Closer To The Grave: 15 Years Of Tor Johnson Records by Tyler Daniel Bean

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I.

The records on the floor
still haven't put away.
Five months inside this house
living day by day.

The plants in the window.
The towels on our door.
I've spent my whole life
searching for more.

Lay on the floor with your dog
and pet her till she's sleeping.
Learn to love the little things:
to smile when she smiles.

Learn to live simply.
Learn to play it cool.
Get out and see your friends.
Stop worrying.

II.

Oh, sometimes I get caught up
in the meant-to-bes
and forget about
the in-front-of-mes.

Yeah, I'll scare my friends,
and I wont even notice.
Oh god,
don't let me blow it.

III.

Go for a walk in the woods.
Cut your hair,
you'll look good.
Just take the time that you need.

Go for a drive in the car.
You'll know exactly where you are.
For every garden starts a seed,
love, labor, and dirty knees.

And for I,
beneath the soil,
hope roots deep
within me.

I'm not the books that I read.
I'm not defined by my grief.
Oh god, when I'm beneath the soil,
hope gives me reason to breathe.

Groundlessness
is necessary,
but it's both a weight
and torch to carry.

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from Closer To The Grave: 15 Years Of Tor Johnson Records, released July 28, 2017
All instrumentation by Tyler Daniel Bean

Recorded by Ryan Stack at Format Audio in Exeter, NH in 2014.
Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sunroom Audio in 2017.

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Tyler Daniel Bean Burlington, Vermont

Over a decade, Tyler Daniel Bean grew from a person and a guitar into a community of twenty or so friends from around the US. Ten releases and 350 odd shows later, they have primarily paused. But the core of the music remains: it is recognizing that functioning in the face of fear is striving to be human; it is finding a way to say "I want to live," even recognizing the relentlessness of it all. ... more

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