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Gentle

from Inside EP by Mark Schwaber

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Written in 2006
Recorded by Mark in the basement of Night Owl Records (rip) in Easthampton, MA on 4-track.
Additional recording by Mark in 2019 at La Maison De Rudy in Greenfield.
Mark - all sounds
Mastered by Joel Stroetzel at The Cave

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There's a horse across the field
like you always hoped you'd see
But it's distant, it is slumbered, and it has stalled.
So the dog begins its chase to retrieve the labored friend.
As you freeze to watch the speed of restless want.
Of restless want. 
As you take the first few steps toward the animal you need.
You see such strange fruit, you see wind-blown, and you see bruised.
You're now close enough to tell that the animal you seek is the victim of the hand that sells his name.
That sells his name.
It is nothing for your palm to reach into the band and remove the silver steel and hammer down.
"Well I had to do it Christ" yells the man in final plight.
Just before the single casing hits the road.
It hits the road.

"Who am I to earn the right to be saved by savage might, who are you to cast decision with such force?"

"I am tattered" I do say "I beget the life I stole. But you are perfect, you are tested, and you're still bold. You are solemn, you are gentle, and you are bold. Yes, you are bold."

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from Inside EP, released December 15, 2022
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Mark Schwaber Greenfield, Massachusetts

A musician who has toured 19 countries and worked in studios with Lloyd Cole, Shadows Fall, Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr), Fred Maher (Lou Reed), Joan Wasser (Joan as Policewoman), Matthew Sweet, and Mary Lou Lord. He has also released award winning music as Hospital, and Home. As well as 6 eponymous releases, with a 7th in the midst of recording. ... more

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