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Roethke (First Loneliness)

from Development & Compromise by Chase Tremaine

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Adapted from Theodore Roethke’s poem “The Shape of the Fire”

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To have the whole air, love sang toward
To be by the rose, rise out of bed
Still as a child in its first loneliness
Death was not and I simply was

To have the whole air, pleasure on ground
To be by the rose, it has no sound
Have I come unhinged or carelessly slipped?
Death is not and I simply am

Morning-fair come back
To the world of leaves and ditches
To answer the call
To abandon all your riches
See the after-light
Glitter left on the lake’s surface
As my intentions
Stretch past their initial purpose

To know that light falls and fills, often unknown
Trembles at the edge but does not overflow
Holding and feeding the stem of the flower
Still as a child in its first loneliness

To have the whole air, love sang toward
To be by the rose, rise out of bed
Still as a child in its first loneliness
Death was not and I simply was

To have the whole air, pleasure on ground
To be by the rose, it has no sound
Have I come unhinged or carelessly slipped?
Death is not and I simply am

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from Development & Compromise, released November 18, 2021
Chase Tremaine - lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
Lyrics by Chase Tremaine & Theodore Roethke
Music by Chase Tremaine
Production, Mixing, and Mastering by Sean Power (The Hilson Studio)

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Chase Tremaine Nashville, Tennessee

One-man-band emo rocker with a post-hardcore sense of instrumentation and an old-fashioned pop sense for melody and harmony. Originally from Dallas, based in Nashville.

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