Playing Dead

by Hannah Busse

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I want to learn what mountains dream
What every woodland’s heard and seen
…The wisdom in the wonders
All around me

I want to learn how water sings
Where spirits dwell in lakes and springs
…I hope a tribe of naiads
Will surround me

And if it should seem
That I’m still as a stone
While a world in confusion
Hangs by a thread
…I’m caught in the tapestry Nature has sewn
I know rocks in my garden
Have lives of their own
And like them
I am just playing dead

I long to learn the wildness ways
The alchemy of nights and days
…To trust illumination
Once it’s found me

Now caught in the tapestry Nature has sewn
I know rocks in my garden
Have lives of their own
And like them
I am just playing dead

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released January 12, 2024
Music by Hannah Busse
Lyrics by Donna Devine
Artwork and design by Andrea Ebley

Hannah Busse: lead and backing vocals, piano, synths

Produced by Hannah Busse
Mixed by Mark Wyse
Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering

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Hannah Busse Madison, Wisconsin

Folk-pop singer-songwriter from Madison, Wisconsin.

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