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Let It Go

from Ocean Echo by Peter Hazen

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Standing in the sunshine, but the air is getting cold
trying to force myself to let go
but my hands are always grasping for something to hold
blood is always running down my knuckles
but you can't fill yourself up if your cup's already full
first you've got to learn to let it go

Standing at the crossroads where she told me it was done
trying to find the strength to run
All the things she said echo in my head
now I must face what I've become
but you can't fix something that never worked at all
and you can't force love to grow
and you can't fill yourself up if your cup's already full
first you've got to learn to let it go

Driving through my hometown, but no one's on the road
Nobody lives here that I know anymore
The storefronts are boarded up, the factory's shut down
My memory is crowded with ghosts
but you can't return to a place that just ain't there no more
Can't go back when the world is pushing forward
and you can't fill yourself up if your cup's already full
first you've got to learn to let it go

Careful what you carry that weighs down on your soul
I'm slowly learning to lighten up my load
Standing at your door, a lamp burns in the window
I'm ready to come in from the snow

'Cause you can't see what's in front of you if you're staring at the ground
Learn to look up before you miss the show
And you can't find your love if you're focused on your loss
First you gotta learn to let it go

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from Ocean Echo, released August 13, 2019

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Peter Hazen Portland, Maine

Keeper of stories and songs. Blues, rock & folk in the American tradition. Sprouted & grown in New York State, hardened through many lake-effect winters, tempered by several season on the Maine coast, dazzled by the brilliance of nature & the cultures of man, amidst the dizzying phantasmagorical spectacle of life, Peter Hazen cannot help but burst into song! ... more

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