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Small Talk

by Hearing Trees

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1.
I'm standing in your kitchen Drinking more wine, on a whim I'm in an awkward spot here, You move me from the failures of the day Here's a toast to you all, I lost myself In your smile lines
 I'm sitting at your table, Fifteen-two, fifteen-four Blue and white around the board Maybe it wasn't past our better judgement To know one more hand Is one more conversation
 I'll do it a million times I'll do it a million times in my head
 I'm in your adirondack Shivering, pass the papers Yeah I can roll I'll relish in the moment Keep this all to myself I know you'll approve 'Cause you're doing it too
 I'll do it a million times I'll do it a million times I’ll do it a million times
 I’ll do it a million times 
 in my head
 in my head
 
 I'll do it a million times I'll do it a million times I’ll do it a million times
 I’ll do it a million times 
 
 Before I see you again
2.
Bones 03:28
She says she likes the darkness Like, the only way to make sense of the world
 Is through the dark shit
 If the mirror on the wall tells the truth
 Would we like what we see?
 It’s all a little too much Dorian Gray, 
 If you ask me
 
 I need to know
 I need to know
 If my fickle soul has the bones to stand on its own
 I need to know
 If my fickle soul has the bones to stand on its own We woke up microwaving coffee
 And Screaming At Traffic
 All the times that you vent
 I can see your hand in all of it
 We could reach the bottom of the ocean 
 if we talk about it
 We could reach the bottom of the ocean
 but we never talk about it 
 I need to know
 I need to know
 If my fickle soul has the bones to stand on its own
 I need to know
 If my fickle soul has the bones to stand on its own
 
 Hold my hand
 Hold my hand
 Hold my hand Hold my hand Hold my hand
3.
We've had enough, watching this stuff
 
Twenty-four hours a day There's only so much we can take
 The rising oceans don't care if you believe them or not
 There's obfuscation in the layers and we've all lost the plot
 A long long long long time ago 
 History, History repeats
 Four more years, Four more years, I know
 Listen here, Listen here, you'll see
 Not this time, not this time
 Not this time
 
 Beat'em with fearless kindness
 Beat'em with fearless kindness
 Beat'em with fearless kindness
 
 All eyes on her
 We can't be afraid to make the pendulum swing the other way
 Out of the dark dark dark information ages
 
 History, history repeats
 Not this time, not this time
 Not this time
 
 Beat'em with fearless kindness
 Beat'em with fearless kindness
 Beat'em with fearless kindness
 
 It's our only chance
 It's our only chance
4.
You said "love is a dangerous game"
 You know how to make an old fashioned
 So light the orange on fire
 Sip me like fine whiskey
 Shine a light into our secrets
 How about we stay for another ten minutes? 

I said something pretentious like
 "Snowmen only count as art when they melt" 
Look up at the night sky
 Frozen and crystal clear 

There was some small talk 
You always had words for me
 There was some small talk
 You always had words for me
 There was some small talk
 You always had words for me
 There was some small talk
 You always had words for me

 Ten more minutes, please?

5.
Your mystery is over, now Empty chairs inside the house Winter is waiting for us, now I can still I can still feel you I can still I can still hear you laughing Red flare, I go Blue flare, you come with me We can follow water Off the edges of the earth I'll take half of the fear Brother, it ain't that easy I can still I can still feel you I can still I can still hear you laughing I felt your heartbeat pulsin' I felt your heartbeat pulsin' I felt your heartbeat pulsin' I felt your heartbeat pulsin'

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Small Talk is a collection of five songs portraying various conversations: the cribbage player, the confidant, the protestor, the stargazer, and the brother.

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released November 25, 2022

Recorded by Moonrise Music Club at Paintbox Recording in Winnipeg.
Produced by Rusty Matyas and Lloyd Peterson.

Mixed by Rusty Matyas and Lloyd Peterson.

Mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering in Toronto.



Album Art by Graham Hnatiuk.


Music by Hearing Trees

Lyrics by Graham Hnatiuk



Hearing Trees are Kyle Kunkel, Andy Cole, Eric Ducharme and Graham Hnatiuk.

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Hearing Trees Winnipeg, Manitoba

Hearing Trees takes you on a poetic narrative journey riding a tightrope between uncertainty and love, anchored by Graham Hnatiuk’s warm baritone. Powerful chords and delicate guitar melodies float over highway-driving rhythms, carrying with it an anxious conviction of hopefulness. ... more

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