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Rearview Display

from Raven Hotel by Matt Harlan

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Is this a road? Is this a road? Is this a road I wanna travel?
All the baggage left to gather and so much to throw away.
Short, white lines lay broken down beside me,
Up ahead and far behind me
In the rearview display.

In a long, black night a mind will tend to stop believing
All the things the eyes are seeing beneath the pale moon light
Is this a road? Is this a road? Or is it just some broken highway?
Another trick to mystify me with it’s soft midnight ways?

It’s a calling – a fire on the mountain.
And many will trample that old hallowed ground.
But there’s falling stars across the landscape –
Surrounded by the wishes that dragged them all down.

Is that a slow sunrise or just a tired sun setting?
In a westward direction or easterly bound?
If you close your eyes, you can hear the road singing,
“Another mile, another burden for the freedom I’ve found.”

Is this a road? Is this a road? Is this a road I want to travel?
All the baggage left to gather – so much to throw away.
Short, white lines lay broken down beside me,
Up ahead and far behind me in the rear-view display.

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from Raven Hotel, released June 24, 2014

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Matt Harlan Houston, Texas

Matt Harlan is a troubadour of the first degree, bringing songs of bus-stops, coffee-shops and lives overlooked to stages across his home-state of Texas, the USA and Europe. His expressive vocals recall Chris Smither and Chris Knight, shading his poignant songs with soaring heart and aching grit. ... more

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