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Let The Tree Fall

from Fingers In The Forest by J. M. Smig

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Recorded and edited July 7, 2019,
Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

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Some sins are here to stay.
All the others wash away in the rain.
In the end, they only cause you pain
if you believe in that old-fashioned refrain.

You must let the tree fall
if you want us to hear what you're sayin'.
Just ignore the clouds around you
because it's all in your brain.

The birds have told me secrets.
The winds have told me tales.
I've learned the blackest magic
from gray squirrels and old snails.

I've disrenewed leafs
and I've argued with old logs.
I've come out of the closet
and come in from the fog.

You must let the tree fall
and let yourself touch the ground again.
You will fall and you will fumble
but you will just get up and walk again.

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from Fingers In The Forest, released November 12, 2020

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J. M. Smig Salem, Massachusetts

The musical equivalent of the guy at the party who offends everyone by mooning the camera (but guess what everyone does to the camera minutes later), Smig is the Witch City's composer laureate (not a difficult achievement, in all honesty).

"[C]ontemporary music for the bizarre at heart...[His] electronica and classical works operate in a style unlike any other."
(Electronic Musician newsletter)
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