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I've Encountered Many Struggles

from Middle Sea by Reece Sullivan

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Written 2014 Lafayette, Louisiana

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I've encountered many struggles
I've kicked against the flow
And I've raised my fist to heaven
With rebellion in my soul

As though these hidden ways
Were something I might know
To young to understand
It ain't me who's in control

In the middle of a day-dream
On a cool, midsummer's morn
With a red haired girl beside me
Something new in me was born

Though it took more than a decade
For the words to fully form
Yes, it took a very long time
And so oft I was forlorn

In the middle of emotion
I recall my long lost friends
They're gone into the woodwork
They're lost around the bend

And my heart is filled with trouble
And sorrow without end
As I think back on these lost souls
That I'll never see again

In reflections on the mirror
I hear ancestors speak
As though they didn't finish
With all they had to say to me

And I feel I've been pretending
And I'm almost moved to weep
And I see the road's unending
And I feel too much awe to speak

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from Middle Sea, released April 2, 2021
Recorded April 2018 at Lonesome Whistle Studio
Mixed by Kieran McIntosh
Mastered by Justin Weis

Drums and sax: Matt Cobb
Electric: Jim McGee
Bass: Justin Broussard
Backing Vocals: Denton Hatcher
Pedal Steel: Paul Buller

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Reece Sullivan Lafayette, Louisiana

Originally from Arkansas, and now in Lafayette, LA, I play the surrounding areas regularly. Over the course of the years, I've reinvented myself musically many times: piano to guitar, classical to art rock, art rock to folk, flat picking to finger-picking, solely songwriting to performing. My latest incarnation has me playing out often, sometimes touring, and writing and recording consistently. ... more

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