New Religion (Single)

by David Stone

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You were waiting on the banks, with my heart bleeding in your hands, a freshly picked bouquet, beating like a drummer plays for dancers begging the skies for rain, you whispered, lay down your arms, little wildflower, and I whispered, lay down your arms, little runaway flame. This is a new religion, I’ll labour without rest, this is a new religion, I am entirely possessed. Set my hands about construction of driftwood idols in your likeness, should you put my faith to the test.

You’ve been talking in your sleep, about a carpenter in the clouds, a stained glass horizon, the escarpment jutting out, thinking we’re not so different, the remnants of some ancient collision, the bits that get left out, you know eden was an orchard anyhow. You whispered, lay down your arms, these are just spring showers, I whispered, lay down your arms, and bring about the end of this drought. A new religion, raise up your voices and hands, this is a new religion, in someone’s promised land. Something’s I’ve borrowed, some brand these modern hymns over the same same old blues, give me some good news, even if it isn’t true.

This is a new religion, so give me love, like I give you love, this is a new religion, when all this trouble is enough. This is a new religion, so give me love, like I give you love.

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released June 19, 2023

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David Stone Barrie, Ontario

Singer/songwriter and musician based in Ontario, Canada.

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