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We were briefly staying in a Zen monastery in California when I had a day off from work getting ready for tourist season and I wrote this one. I was thinking about a children's book again, and admiring three different Martins. I felt locked up deep in foreign-feeling mountains and far from the sea, but remember eating really well and sitting in hot springs at the end of each day thinking "Gee, these monks have it pretty damn good, maybe I could do this."

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Abbey walls all wet with rain
At least we're on the inside
At least we're on the inside

And if the moon don't rise tonight
At least we have each other
At least we have each other

Father, just how far are we
From the edges of the ocean
The edges of the ocean

Because I know there's a psalm in me
When I'm looking at the sea

Bells ring out in the dead of night
Martin's ghost out walking
Asking who's awake still?

Can I encourage my dreams
To come before the dawn does?
I will make them welcome

Little do I know of peace
But the bit I do I cling to
Like the moss clings to the mountains

And the only thing I know for sure
Is I'm still looking for the cure
I've read the words, I've learned the songs
And we won't be here for very long

credits

from Fisher King's Collection, released May 16, 2016
Eric - guitar and voice
Emily - cello and voice
Ed - percussion and voice
Dave - voice
Jeremy - accordion
Jerusha - cello
Randy - marimba
Pat - percussion

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The Orchards were the songwriting project of Pennsylvania native Eric Schwan, based in Portland, ME and featuring a revolving cast of musicians adding orchestral and ambient textures and harmonies to his simple, folk-based songs. They released their LP, "Sing Birds, In Your Shrinking Woods" on Apohadion/Burst & Bloom Records with a final show on September 15, 2019. ... more

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