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I like to write ghost stories and this is another one. I read something about the the notion of a bhoot in Hinduism. It’s a type of restless spirit which can shape shift into various forms from animal to human. Often the real humans they encounter can’t discern that it’s a ghost - until it’s too late. This song imagines an encounter between some kind of bhoot and a young man, maybe a soldier who has deserted, in my home town of Richmond, Virginia. I won’t fill in on all the details but that’s the concept anyway. The song is meant to be a bit like a fever dream. A passing encounter with beauty that may or may not be real.

Sri Lankan sitarist Mahesh Pathmakumara adds quite a bit to this one. I literally found him by Googling sitar player and reaching out via email. Hope to meet him one day.

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Lock and key seem the same waking beside the steaming James
When I breathe in you pass right through me
Oh how the mighty wind does blow carrying news I already know
It’s Richmond summer but your hands were cold
Make our bed in dogwood blooms

Don’t you hide the day is young there’s dew on the web the spider spun
What’s happens to bell after its rung?
What happens to the hymn after it gets sung ?
It just hangs there like your perfume
Do you have to leave so soon?

When sleep the brother of death comes and sucks the breath from everything
And dreams the sister of hope tries to rest by my side and comfort me

Make our bed in dogwood blooms

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from Something is Trying to Change My Mind, track released September 15, 2023

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