Rotted Pines

from The Reunion by Bethesda

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I went searching for a line that would lift your heavy mind. That gravity will drive you down in time. And when you lift your weary eyes, I won’t be a bit surprised to find the one I long to recognize. To fall in love. To fall into your guise. We dig and we dig hoping still for the promise in kind, yet the circles we make only cut out the roots of the pines. What did you find? Your weary mind. What did you find? This rotted pine. Spent my time running away from the regency of faith. Momentum’s gonna take me to the grave. And when the rope it starts to burn. It won’t surprise me if you yearn to let me go, to give up on this turn. To fail to love. To take just what we’ve learned. We dig and we dig hoping still for the treasure in kind, yet the circles we make only cut out the roots of the pines. What did you find? My wandering kind. What did we find? These rotted pines. (Repeat) Still we can rejoice! A still and small voice. We can rejoice! We can rejoice! (Repeat)

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from The Reunion, released April 9, 2013

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Bethesda's 2012 was a busy year with performances at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Summer in the City Series with Sharon Van Etten, RedGorilla Music Festival at SXSW, MidPoint Music Festival, Burning River Fest, and more. Meanwhile, Bethesda has been working on their next fan-funded full-length album "The Reunion" in 2013 with InKind Music, distributed by Sony Red. ... more

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