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Echo

It’s not cold and
Winter never showed up
Just for tonight
Let’s imagine the damage is gone
See that smoke trailing out of the steel mills
I see it dressed to the nines
Lit up like northern lights
And I’ll take them tonight
Out dancing

And I’m close at
The bottom of Gage
Stuck at a crossing
For a train that seems barely alive
It’s been months
Since that night I quit drinking
Thought I could
Quiet my head
Let the world go and rest
But I woke up
To wildfire and ashes

How can I just wish you love
When all it does is echo
Through the hole
Where the bottom gave way
I want to fill up the damage with beauty
But when I reach out to touch you
More crumbles and falls and falls
Away

And we danced and life sprang
From our souls through our feet
Now I just keep stumbling over
Cracks on the street
And it all used to flow like a river
Through my hands
Now it’s leached dry and I’m
Left a stranger on my land

I keep trying to fix it
Tell me love
Am I just too late?

How can I just wish you love
When all it does is echo
Through the hole
Where the bottom gave way
I want to fill up the damage
With beauty
But when I reach out to touch you
More crumbles and falls and falls
And falls and falls and falls away

How can I wish you love?

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from She Fell from the Sky, released June 21, 2022
Lyrics and Music by Ansley Simpson

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Ansley Simpson Toronto, Ontario

Ansley Simpson is an award-winning Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from Toronto, and a member of Alderville FN. A weaver of haunting vocals and poetics, their songs unfold as stories, immersing the listener in vibrant imagery, journeying us through themes of vulnerably, love, and heartbreak. ... more

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