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The Writer Sits

by NAGANT

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Cannon Report I've met hardened hearts on the boulevard to the graves of children who last were running down these Paris lanes I am nothing more to the few who see me here than a part in the town's gray tapestry of war begotten guilt It's been a year I haven't felt the change I am still waiting for the cannon report to bring me to the end I've been waiting for but it isn't coming I have met great men I was one for a day but war has taken my fear of death and left a lust in its place A lust to end the misery of a life with the memory of a pain that won't recur of a life that won't be bent again It's been ten years I haven't felt the change I am still waiting for the cannon report to bring me to the end I’ve been waiting for but it isn't coming I’ve been waiting all these years for the death of a man and I don't think the chance is ever coming It's been twenty years I haven't felt the change I am still waiting for the cannon report to bring me to the end I’ve been waiting for but it isn't coming
2.
Sweet Sister 03:54
Sweet Sister Eyes without longing ear that hears no beat heart left artless hands that have never known a need Sparrow on your rooftop lilies upon the sill the ocean lies out your window yet nothing holds you in its spell You are a fleeting hour You're a faded summer day Can you see it Can you feel it You child of an ancient sin your mind is the stillest water aching for a terrifying wind You who couldn't see with ears that couldn't hear hearts that could not sense when he began to leave This is why your ageless father turned and walked away It is finished and I am crying while you hold fast to the ashes of your broken home and you hold his memory in your frail hands Sweet sister let it fall
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Fathers and Sons Blue uniform disguise adolescence and the fearful distance between fathers and sons Your yoke is a burden no love is light the veil it is seamless between fathers and sons Can you hear me Can you hear me out Can you hear me Oh year Oh musket Make me a hero in the glass case religion of fathers and sons Oh soul be content with this fare be it meager love for the mythic is still a love between fathers and sons Can you hear me Can you hear me out Can you hear me But if you don’t oh try to deceive me father won't you please but I know you won't ever deceive me Can you hear me Can you hear me out Can you hear me
4.
To Him 02:10
To Him I hear you coming down the stairs I see you’re in the cradle of a new hope darling I know where you are going now to him Please don’t let your fear choke the joy Darling your joy is all I have to cling to Know darling know I can see where you’re going Know darling know I’ve been down this road before alone And I won’t let you face the tragedy of love alone
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Let Me In 05:07
Let Me In Let me in Let me know why you are here and why I still feel alone My love is a lie It has always been a lie for you to find the truth inside of Let me feel Let me go Why do you fear the future when it's unknown Your love is alive It has always been alive for me to find the death inside of Oh and you know I will Let yourself begin to grow back toward the love that we shared before my will was untied when my life was in the line of yours and you couldn't find a source I won't stay close as an enemy but I won't let you hide me away safely My life is on fire My hopes are a flame to yours and you'll never find a cure I know you’ve tried Oh and I know you've tried
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Lion and Lamb Mine is a will that bends and bows like meadow grass when the gales of listless thought bear it down God has left me the sole divine And I fear the nails I fear the moment in which I forgive myself The time is now now is all the time you'll ever have Is it enough Mine is a heart that leaks and strains like an ancient skin when the wine of wild dreams fills the chest I would that I were a maker of peace And I fear the rifle I fear the report that all my life has been is a war The time is now now is all the time you'll ever have Is it enough To see the lion laying down with the lamb
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The Writer Sits The writer sits fighting the urge to be heard in the words that float from pen to page In the morning a thousand warnings stir that nothing in the world remains All this I know will never be so yet I pour my heart into words on a page Fears fighting hope I continue to pull myself down into the darkest place Oh Lord save me a place in the arbitrary culture of taste Dear friend won't you let me in to your world your home your mind All this I know will never be so yet I pour my heart into words on a page Fears fighting hope I continue to pull myself down into the darkest place I'm losing all my lovers I'm caught in the illusion that every word I pen could turn to gold My love I am alive a crow in the wire in this world like a strangled note Lord I am alive the crow in your wire why won't you bend your ear Oh I am alive and while I'm still alive won't you let me in The writer sits fighting the urge to be heard in the words that float from pen to page In the morning a thousand warnings stir that nothing in the world remains

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released December 11, 2012

NOAH HARRIS: VOICE, PIANO
NATHAN SWANSON: VIOLINS, VIOLA, CELLO

ALL SONGS BY NOAH HARRIS
STRING ARRANGEMENTS BY NATHAN SWANSON
RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY NOAH HARRIS AND NATHAN SWANSON
MIXED BY JON ZACKS, NATHAN SWANSON AND NOAH HARRIS
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY CHRIS HARDEN
MASTERED BY DANNY LEAKE
COVER PAINTING BY TYLER BERGFIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN CHRISTIAN ADAMS
DESIGN BY NOAH HARRIS, NATHAN SWANSON AND DAVE DECASTRIS

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NAGANT Chicago, Illinois

NAGANT is the collaborative effort of Noah Harris (piano/voice/songwriter) and Nathan Swanson (violin/viola/cello/arranger/producer).

The music draws from a broad base of classical, world and folk influences.

NAGANT has released two albums, The Sparrow and the Wolf and The Writer Sits. The third album in the triptych, Heart and Bone, is composed but as yet unrecorded.
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