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Still

Raven dances on the wind
A murmur passes through the leaves
There’s an acid-washed landscape
And still no sign of rain
And in the clamor of our voices
Rests a silent in between
Where I find I still believe in you

Though the word from on high
Comes down all scribbles, Greek, and graphs
And I’ve tried to ignore it
You insist until I laugh
Until I cry and beg for mercy
The likes of which I never knew
And find I still believe in you

Yeah, there’s your wearisome perfection
And your crude expectations
And words all jagged glass
And then your timeworn creations
And all the ways I get it wrong
Before you offer me a clue
And find I still believe in you

And there’s no way of telling why I do
And there’s no way of telling how I do
I’ve kept your dirty secrets
And scorn the chosen few
And scandalize the silence in all truth

You already have the rivers
And they’ll always trump my songs
As I fumble for the words to frame
The way I’ve always longed
For you to receive me
Like the lover I never knew
Saying “Boy, I still believe in you”

I hear you’ll receive me
Like the lover I never knew
Saying, “Boy, I still believe in you”

© 2010 rafflemyheart music

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from but so beautiful, released September 30, 2012

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Jonathan J. Bower Anchorage, Alaska

On the release of his 2012 EP, But So Beautiful, The Anchorage Press wrote, “[This is] masterful storytelling. These songs weave beautiful, forlorn tales in a matter of minutes, but with a defiant note of hope.” The songs on 2018's Light Years album play like postcards & snapshots written during an endless road trip around Alaska - or along every other dreamy, scenic stretch of highway anywhere... ... more

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