Clementine tree

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Clementine tree
Was a time I was caught
in the lights, on the road
behind me the silence yawned forward
the river flowed
I blinked and turned
I ran fast enough
but I started a long way behind
I’m still catching up

I started a long way behind
I’m still catching up

Moving slowly, in a darkroom
she smells of fixer and developer and wool
a grainy photo, a focus pull
My arms around her
wrapped and hesitant
the rain on the loft roof whispers
unrelenting, unrepentant

I blinked and turned
I ran fast enough
but I started a long way behind
I’m still catching up

I blinked and turned
I ran fast enough
but I started a long way behind
I’m still catching up

you don’t know what you’ve got
until it’s run away
you don’t know what you’ve said
til you don’t have the words to say
you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone

and you don’t know that it’s gone
but it’s gone until it’s gone, gone, gone baby gone

Something moving in the trees
in the dark you tell me
what it is you see
church key in your pocket
and in your hand
the fruit of the Clementine tree

the red light flickers off
the timer stops
I started a long way behind, I’m still catching up
and I’m still catching up
and I’m still catching up
And I’m still

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from Spirit Level, released September 15, 2021

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tjeckleberg Sydney, Australia

TJ Eckleberg is an Australian alternative singer / songwriter, producer and guitar player. 'Black & amber' is his seventh independent album. Originally a regular on the Sydney alternative scene, he lived in Berlin from 2010-13, and currently lives in Kyoto, Japan. ... more

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