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After the Storm

from Almost Moving Backwards by Derek Brink

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This is another older one. I played it with my band "The Social Gospel" several years back and it always bummed me out that I didn't have a good recording of it. (Although I do have some archival stuff from that band that I should probably dig through--it might be in there somewhere.)

It's a hopeful song. A forward-looking song. A rarity in the Derek Brink discography, in that way. I'd be lying if I denied the heavy Uncle Tupelo influence on the song. But I'd also be lying if I said I know who shot Kennedy. So it goes.

I think I like playing this one more than I like hearing it. I hope it's the opposite for you.

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Everything is fading
and I wonder just what got me here.
And it bears repeating
that I’ve lost track of all my doubts and fears.
Needless to say I’m stranded.
Needless to say I am afraid I’m lost.
But I keep holding on
to what I can’t see that I’m holding onto.

Everything is ending
and I feel like I am winding down.
But I keep believing,
tossed in the deep end I’ll refuse to drown.
Needless to say I’m shaken.
Needless to say I am afraid I’ll fall.
But I keep reaching out
to what I don’t know.

Sometimes I think I could let go--just let go.
I can only fall so far before I run out of rope.
But something keeps me climbing
I guess it’s hope, if only a fool’s hope.

I keep believing…

Everything is fading
and I wonder just what got me here.
And I keep repeating
after the storm the clouds will disappear...

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from Almost Moving Backwards, released May 29, 2021

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