The Red Grasses

from Dreaming and Petty Crime by Jonah Corren

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What do we see in Springtime?
Why do cheer the blossoms on?
Why the collective blind eye
to what arrives, but just as soon's gone?

Why is the view in sections?
Why do the hedges block each field?
When did we carve such sculptures
and to what end does this pleasant land yield?

Everyone knows the secret
Everyone helps to keep it
Everyone knows the secret
Everyone helps to keep it
Long as you know the secret
There's no escaping from those
Painted green pastures
that mask the red grasses

When will the minds of the masses
finally reject all these lies?
When will the trucks of cattle and sheep
be finally freed, and set to the skies?

Everyone knows the secret 
Everyone helps to keep it
Everyone knows the secret
Everyone helps to keep it
Long as you know the secret
There's no escaping from those
Painted green pastures
that mask the red grasses

And one day our country
Will be unchained
And one day the fields
Will be swept away
And one day our conscience
Will be bright as the buds of May

But until that day, until that day... 
Everyone knows the secret
Everyone helps to keep it
Everyone knows the secret
Everyone helps to keep it
Long as you know the secret
There's no escaping from those
Painted green pastures
that mask the red grasses
Those painted green pastures
That mask the red grasses

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from Dreaming and Petty Crime, released December 4, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Jonah Corren
Vocals: Jonah Corren
Keys: Jonah Corren
Guitars: Sam Naylor
Bass: Christopher Williams
Drums: Chris Whitehurst
Production: Nathan Arthurs
Mixing: Nathan Arthurs
Mastering; Forbes Coleman (Audiobeach Studios)
Cover Art: Pip Hibbert

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Hailing from West Dorset, Jonah Corren is a singer-songwriter and poet, writing on themes such as the passage of time, growing up, and ideas of home. Jonah's music focuses keenly on lyrics, with inspiration taken from artists such as Joni Mitchell and Lucy Dacus, with the end product landing somewhere between Nick Drake and Nick Mulvey. ... more

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