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Land of Whispering

from Seasons by Nate Hale

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lyrics

Vs1
I used to climb trees
and play in the creek
and catch crustaceans
and make rain machines
we'd go on journeys
to the outer boundaries
of our back yard territories
that we had claimed that week
until one day
somebody made fun of me
I felt naked and ashamed
and I needed the clothing
of the pretty and the cool
and of the social nobility
and that's when I left the trees
for the land of whispering

Chorus
I just want to be normal
I just wanna fit in
I want the powers at be
to give me their blessing

Vs2
I tried to get inside their heads
to avoid their critique
but they were masters of deceit
wit and mockery
So, I learned new ways
to walk and speak
I surrendered to a cage
For a new identity
I even changed my laugh
and ceased to sing
for I was so afraid
of the whispering

Chorus2
I just want to be normal
I just wanna fit in
I want the Kings and Queens
to recognize me

Vs3
and then I met a lamb
she was as free as she could be
she still lived amongst the trees,
the fields, and the creeks
and out of her mouth
came no whispering
only joy and life
play and singing
she taught to me her ways
and lead me back to the trees
for I had been so lost
in the land of whispering

Chorus3
I don't want to be normal
always trying to fit in
I just wanna climb trees
I wanna learn how to play again

Bridge
I traded in my imagination
for rules and referees
and bare feet
for jerseys and cleats
and we had to keep score
to know who lost and won
and if I just wanted to have fun
I had to go somewhere and pay someone

So screw normal
screw tryin to fit in
I just wanna climb trees
I wanna learn how to truly play again

credits

from Seasons, released April 10, 2013
Co-produced by Cheyenne Medders & Nate Hale
Recorded by Cheyenne Medders at Ceder Stone Studio in Hendersonville, TN and at West Nest Studio in Nashville, TN
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Cheyenne Medders
All original music by Nate Hale
Lead Vocals: Nate Hale
Harmonies: Nate Hale, Ashley Armstrong, Lindsay Hale, Lauren Hale, Cheyenne Medders, and Zac Swann
Guitar, banjo, piano, organ, bass, upright bass, ukulele, melodica, filing cabinet: Cheyenne Medders
Drums& percussion: Andy Hubright & Will Medders
Djembe: Andy Hubright
Empty Accordion Case: Cheyenne Medders & Zac Swann

Published by all of our wonderful fans: David Leuze, Jonathan Lewis, Brother Brian Schroeder, Doug Young, Will Sloan, Dean Dunning, Josh Hostetler, Rachel Pierce, Isaac Reeser, Donnie Anderson, Malia C., Jennifer Arnold, Amanda KP, Heather Vance, Allen Edmundson, Colby Childs, Steve Foster, Steve White, Katie Bogle, Anna Albonetti, Brad Young, Craig Dobson, Brother Lee Camp, Jeremy Jennings, Steven Burford, Julie Jeschke, Lindsay Hall, Ben Carpenter, Jane Mullins, Robert Lindsay, Alex Patterson, David & Kelly Pierce, Emily Whaley, Kevin Harris, Scott Humphrey, Hannah Formosa, Zach Formosa, Sherry Hubright, Trey Morgan, Trent Forrest, Francine Hart, Audrey Miller, Jesse Smith, Derek Kuipers, Ashley Jones, Brother Adam F. Graham, Josh Fussell, Daniel Isom, Brother John Mark Hicks, Josh Stites, Lissa Hale, Jake Burton, Branson Pierce, Lisa Darter, Jana Caldwell, Cheyenne Medders, Marsha Lancaster, Joshua Whitson, Thomas Grimes, Lauren Hale, Lindsay Hale, Tyler Jones, Heather Little, and many others.

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Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, singer/songwriter Nate Hale makes music that is prophetic and painfully truthful, with a melodic, easygoing flow. Nate writes about real life issues: love, war, politics, and religion. Buy the music, come to the shows, clap your hands, and pray that the vision in his music will spread; that swords will be beaten into plows and that jubilee will become reality. ... more

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