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If I Had Known

from Even in Absence by Monte Pride

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I lost you as you lost your home
Silver as the river’s bend along
Alone under August blush
A wind swept elm was quite enough
To keep it all strung on shattered glass

If I had known the night had fallen
Like silver stars to an artist's daughter
Waiting for the wane to carry on
I wouldn’t have held fast to any
It all worn gold in anxious worry
To fade with a wick lit in song

Take this cosmic tourniquet
And wrap it all in forgotten bliss
Remember all that brought you along

Sing to me as soft as Autumn
A shield again for all that’s calling
Me, from the love I nearly lost

The darkness slept through the Summer
To the week before September’s ember
Set it all behind, as did I
But I couldn’t help a heart collapsing
Caught between a sunflower spinning
Oak in queen annes to goldenrod

Take this time in lonesome dives
To the churning river for lighting eyes
To balance all I hoped to find

Swing it low and remember the evenings
The beautiful times I feel I’m losing
Never once I felt alone
Oh no

We may refrain from staying the same
A change as thankless as falling rain
But I won’t mind the flood to come
As we’re all forever surrounded
The river bank bursting in love and laughter
Stronger with all that’s passed on

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from Even in Absence, released August 21, 2020

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Monte Pride Meridian Charter Township, Michigan

Monte Pride is a Michigan-born and based singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist whose music recalls the delicate vocals of Simon & Garfunkel, with guitar-work reminiscent of The Tallest Man On Earth and early Joni Mitchell. Paired with electric, ambient soundscapes, he blends haunting melodies with vivid lyricism to create lush, experimental folk songs. ... more

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