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Strangers on the Hill

from In the Dark by Matt Harlan

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Simple story: Time drifts by. Lights on the horizon getting near.
But in that changing something dies – sweet songs we may never get to hear again

So, find a payphone and call me collect
Try to do anything without being tracked
You can’t, you can’t, you can’t do it
Sleep as sound as your grandparents did
Save the world for your grandchildren’s kids
You can’t, you can’t, you can’t do it anymore.

Dog-eared pages, precious lines: information hiding on the shelf
Obligations, tensions high: trying to live like the strangers on the hill

So, take a picture and call it your life
Sell your soul for a handful of eyes
You can’t, you can’t, you can’t do it
Spill the ink out and cover the page
Put the demons back into the cage
You can’t, you can’t, you can’t do it anymore.

When the world ends with a whimper
What are you gonna do?
When the dark stares back?
And the screens go black?

Cut the cables and turn out the lights
Feel around for the needle’s disguise
You can’t, you can’t, you can’t do it
Tear the mountains down into the sea
Smash the windows and head to the streets
You can’t, you can’t, you can’t do it anymore.

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from In the Dark, released November 11, 2016
Written by Matt Harlan and Brian Hudson

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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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