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(c) John R Pollard

John Raymond Pollard – voice, acoustic guitar
Brian Delaney, drums
Debbie Deane – voice
Ellie Massias – electric guitar, fretless bass
Frank Colon – percussion
Henry Hay – piano
Katy O’Connor – voice
Tom Beckham – vibraphone

Lyrics

It seems so hard this letting go.
All hope seems gone.
I drift, a distant planet,
on my way around some sun.
Can't get close. Can't let go...

I want the warmth of morning light.
I long to hold you near,
while I'm spinning, dizzy in the night,
I'm coursed with cold and fear,
fear and cold, caught in this hold...

Stars fill the skies;
they fail to brighten my night.
Blind are my eyes;
they've been fixed far too long on your light.

It seems that I go round and round,
my path a strange ellipse.
These repeated patterns get me down.
I fear a full eclipse.
Can't get close; can't let go...

I feel your fear when I draw near.
Are you frightened by my pain,
by my needs, my words? Year after year
you draw me back again.
It seems as though you won't let go.

Nighttime unfolds
with its silence, so steady and cold.
As stars grow old
do the planets nearby loose their hold?

It seems so hard this letting go;
all hope seems gone.
I drift, a distant planet,
on my way 'round some sun.
Can't get close; can't let go...