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No You Keep It (Acoustic)

from Only Stories (Let The Cards Fall Revisited) by The Breath

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“No You Keep It is about growing up before your time— domestic servitude, and being left behind to shoulder the burdens. I suppose I had my sister Róise in my head when I wrote it. I was the eldest in the house until I moved away, and then it was her.” —Ríoghnach Connolly

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[Verse 1]
I wouldn't know another
As I heard them sleep at night
Wouldn't set you free to wander
When you could not always fight
She took you for a mother
Held you in her eye
If you could only need you
Weary of another’s arms

[Chorus]
And you only nay, curse of now
Pulls at your chords, and curses down
You know that I know
And i know that you know

[Verse 2]
If she could not leave you
Holding on to me tight
If you could love another
Half as bright
So when if you lay your way down in night
Say a blessing for others
‘fore you centre your strong light
Remember those others

[Bridge/Outro]
And untangle me... untangle me...
From all the good it did for me
And all the suffering that it seen
You can keep it... you deserve it
Lord knows you’ve earned it
All the good it did for me
All the suffering that it seen
You can keep it... you deserve it
Lord knows you’ve earned it

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from Only Stories (Let The Cards Fall Revisited), track released March 8, 2019

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The Breath Manchester, UK

A journey from hushed storytelling to uplifting anthems, Ríoghnach Connolly & Stuart McCallum present Manchester’s unique take on alt-folk.

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