Sometimes I Wonder
words by Alfred Howard
melody and beats by Cathryn Beeks
The weatherman said rain
Sometimes the news is true
Spring is still elusive
Black sky always blooming
How’s it feel on you
We’ve been walking back
Another about face
Rewinding through the seasons
For no other reason
Than to find our place
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes I wonder
Time is no longer thin
So I’ve been listening
To the dead radio station
Of a neighbor’s conversation
About the price of sin
A yellow rose in bloom
But that was yesterday
So let’s rearrange the petals
Into a sun that settles
Restless souls away
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes the thunder shakes
Sometimes we fall
Sometimes we break
Sometimes I wonder
If it’s too heavy
But we always
Left the weight
There’s a mockingbird
Owns these city streets
Loudest after midnight
When the black is blinding
I think it might be me
So make your joyful noise
Against the darkest wall
Add your whisper to the chorus
In another burning forest
Just before the fall
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes the thunder shakes
Sometimes we fall
Sometimes we break
Sometimes I wonder
If it’s too heavy
But we always
Left the weight
Stark, folk-derived songs built on brittle acoustic guitars that conjure the image of a fire burning in the distance on a dark night. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 8, 2022