Callous Year

from Callous Year by Steev baker

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lyrics

1
In the place we left our ghosts
There was a crying from the floorboards
And your eyes were big as globes
With the continents erased
Nothing but the oceans
Slick and blue and innocent
Deeper than the drifting poems
I wrote to rescue us

And I tried to bandage up your scars
With red wine and silent guitars
But it turns out we said
All
That we
Would say
In the year that my calluses went away

2
In the rooms where our skeletons were kept
Something pressed against the window
And skin across my fingertips was stretched
As smooth as alcohol
Resting in a glass
Resting on our dark blue tablecloth
Laying on the borders of your heart
Inside your aching chest

And nothing that was promised came to pass
You paint the walls and I’ll cut the grass
Taking comfort where we can
In the
Depths
Of the mundane
In the year that my calluses went away

---Remember when St. Paul
Wiped those scales from his face?
Oh the freedom that he must
Felt that day---

Well I wrote that novel
About
Losing
My faith
The year that my calluses went away

credits

from Callous Year, released January 16, 2019
Steev: acoustic and electric guitars
Charles: synth bass
BJ: accordion
Emily: cello
Andy: drums

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Steev baker Madison, Wisconsin

Steev baker is a lo-fi singer-songwriter from rural Wisconsin. He has spent time in the music scenes of Oshkosh, West Bend, Milwaukee, and Madison over the past 20 years playing songs about faith, doubt, anxiety, love, and the places we call home.

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Jul 20

The Bur Oak

Madison, WI

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