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Sabinal

from Carousel by Jake Houlsby

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I left Sabinal years ago when I was just a child
Was haunted until all my youth was burned
Still, I got away but only yesterday
I realised that somehow I’d returned

A boat is in the distance but too far away to catch
I only love the sea when I’m ashore
How much of that is me? How much just memories
Of something someone told me long ago?

Do I leave as a criminal or do I stay as a coward?

Winter always plays with me it ties me to the ground
Then cuts me loose and throws me to the sky
I suddenly unwind, reveal another side
And say everything I was was just a lie

Do I leave as a criminal or do I stay as a coward?

And the longer that I stay the harder it will be to leave
It looks as if there is no odyssey
But maybe this is it, then surely I must quit
The lotus plant that holds me, tenderly
The lotus plant that keeps me, quietly

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from Carousel, released April 15, 2016

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Jake Houlsby Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Having racked up over a million plays on Spotify since releasing his debut EP ‘Yannina’ in 2015, Jake Houlsby is a Newcastle singer-songwriter described by BBC 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne as “sublime.”

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