A Few Simple Lines

from How Do You Think It Should Be? by Sturt Avenue

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This song was written for my first real love. I’ve always found it difficult to write about happy emotions, especially love, and this was a point of contention in our relationship. In an effort to thread the needle on this issue, I made the eye-rollingly meta move of writing a song about how I find it hard to write love songs. She got the last laugh though, by eventually dumping me, presumably for my poor songwriting skills.

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Well the words just elude me sometimes
For all the beauty in this life
And all the perfect things I’ve seen
With my two unworthy eyes

‘Neath skies so infinite and blue
Where the sun runs rings around the moon
But of all they cast their light onto
None of it compares to you

So why oh why
Did I
Think I could describe
All your light
With a few simple lines
And make it rhyme?

And if I said I liked your body
Would you hold it against me? We could sway
We’ll dance the long dark night away
And sing until the break of day

Yeah you’re so lovely
It sucks the breath out of me, and it’s true
If I had to pick 'tween it or you
I know which one I’d choose

So why oh why
Did I
Think I could describe
All your light
With a few simple lines
And make it rhyme?

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from How Do You Think It Should Be?, released June 4, 2021
Bryn Soden - Lead vocals, acoustic guitars, ukulele, harmonium, percussion.
Katie Pomery - Backing vocals.
John Soden - Electric guitar.
Isaac Kerr -Acoustic bass guitar.

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Sturt Avenue Adelaide, Australia

Sturt Avenue is the project of SCALA award winning singer/songwriter Bryn Soden. Drawing inspiration from folk artists such as Conor Oberst, Elliott Smith, and John Darnielle, Bryn crafts melancholic indie folk tunes that aim to shine a soft light on the quiet sorrow and stubborn defiance that keeps the embers burning in the dead heart of the world. ... more

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