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Little by Little

from Words & Groove by Karen Hunter

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Little by little

Little by little
One foot in front of the other
I’m crawling inch by inch to your door
You hear my song you hear my prayer
You hear me in my deepest need
It’s my inspiration when I feel like I’m alone

Further and further
I hear your voice in my mind
It’s a gentle persuasion to leave the past behind
You are reflected in all of the people who surround me
It’s my motivation when I feel like I’m alone

There’s a black hole in my heart that beckons me
A need that interrupts the peace around me
When I was young I looked for anything
To fill that hole, do you want to know what I found?
Sex was good ‘cause there was company
I learned I got attention if I gave it away for free
Pills were good ‘cause they deadened me
I learned to balance the uppers and the downers until numbness enveloped me
Pot was great and it was everywhere
All my friends felt the same way through the days and nights
Laughing and fighting and talking ourselves into believing the world was an ‘us and them’ reality
‘We’ were right and ‘they’ were wrong
Travelling was great
I went everywhere
I ran away from the emptiness in my heart and was shocked when it followed me there
So I drank to fill it
I tripped to fill it
I smoked to kill it
I dressed to kill to kill it
I ate to fill it
I lusted to fill it
I loved one after another after another to fill it

Now there’s a fire in the storm in my belly
And an ocean swelling in my heart
And my eyes are awake to the beauty
Of a world full of music and art

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from Words & Groove, released January 1, 2010
Karen Hunter - guitar & voice
Aaron Coddel - bass
Ron Samsom - drums
Kevin Field - piano

Produced by Hunter & Steve Garden

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Karen Hunter Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealander Kāren Hunter uses guitar, voice, mandolin and loops to create heart charged soundscapes that draw deep from the well of our collective spirit.
These are love songs to Papatuānuku / Mother Earth, freshly baked under the fire of Ranginui / Sky Father.

Each album has it's own role in her collection, from rootsy songs, Celtic dub to Yoga music, Kāren is a diverse and eclectic composer.
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