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Broken Drums

from Heaven by Alice Bierhorst

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dark starlight sparkling reminiscence on first love and broken promises.

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Broken Drums
©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

These BROKEN DRUMS
Discarded hearts that we heap up in our corners
This arc of diamonds in the dark
Extinguished with daylight

These faintly beating
Keeps us alive like a motor
We're feasting on what remains everyday
Dimly conscious of their source

CHORUS
And I promised you I'd never grow old
I'd stay virginal, the child you admired
Like a mastodon frozen in time
I'd stay physical, a streak of white light

You said I'd never be trusted again
You said you'd haunt me until the end

These broken dreams
We let them burn down just like candles in the dark
These swallowed tears rusted inside
No longer graceful in our judgments

CHORUS

And I promised you I'd never grow old
I'd stay virginal, the child you admired
False promises never meant to keep
The world just kept on turning

These BROKEN DRUMS
Discarded hearts that we heap up in our corners

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from Heaven, released February 12, 1996
Alice Bierhorst: vocals, guitars, percussion
Erik Pearson: bass
Adam Weissman: drums

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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York

Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more

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