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The Lake

from Future Memory by Caylie Staples

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Why does the lake love me better than you do?
Cover me, cover me, I’m going in
Distance is not something I’m used to
When it’s my lover covering me skin on skin

I can see clear now what you were up to
Pushing me away, pushing into me so I can’t win
But winning or losing is not what lovers do
When they’re covering each other skin on skin

But I learned a thing or two
With you
With you
With you

This morning was white, the lake forming ice
And cover me, cover me, it’s snowing
Why do I fight myself and think twice?
When I have such immediate ways of knowing?

This beautiful place is in an unhealthy stasis
And it’s hard to determine when it started setting in
But there’s life in this lake
I am so sick of faking it
When I’m covering my lover skin on skin

And I do
With you
With you
With you

And it’s a shame, it’s a shame
It’s so easy to blame
When we are one and the same
In that we made this arrangement

So why does the lake love me better than you did?
Come with me, lover, and look with the light again
Your father, my mother, made it out of the church
And I still feel that strap coming down on my hand

I feel it in you, and I was also untrue to
The voice of my story coming from deep within
Do the lake and the land want me to forgive you

Yes they do
They do
They do

credits

from Future Memory, released March 24, 2022
Songwriter: Caylie Staples
Producers: Caylie Staples and Jonas Bonnetta
Studio: Port William Sound
Engineer: Jonas Bonnetta
Mixing: James Bunton
Mastering: Gavin Gardiner
Vocals and Rhodes: Caylie Staples
Synth, Bass, Drums, Clarinet, Percussion: Jonas Bonnetta

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Caylie Staples Toronto, Ontario

Caylie Staples is a singer, songwriter, producer and performer with a passion for voice and the multiple layers of meaning that can be crafted into each song. She writes multi-dimensional electronica infused with vast, deep, dream-like imagery and emotional clarity. Her upcoming album is titled Future Memory ... more

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