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lyrics

Look Away by Lissa Schneckenburger
On that afternoon the sun was in the sky
It made little sparkling diamonds in the snow
I had a heavy fist of fear that gripped my stomach
And it wouldn’t let me go

I could see the lady’s breath in little clouds in the air
She lead me up the walk and rang the bell
That was the day the fist of fear became an animal
And broke out of it’s shell

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I know, you can not fool me
Nobody wants me
And I don’t want you anyhow
I know, you’ll never see me
Nobody sees me
Look away.

I am a stranger in a house that’s full of strangers
I am afraid to turn the lights off in the night
And they say “child don’t you worry” but if you had known what I have known
Then you would worry

Nothing they give me ever tastes right
And their house just doesn’t smell like home to me
And I know that where I came from didn’t feel good but then nothing feels good
Maybe it is me

I am an animal, my name is fear
My teeth are anger, my eyes severe
I am power, I will destroy
So do not look at me like I am just a little boy
And the fire that burns in me will devour me until I fade away
So look away

There was a time in summer I went fishing at the creek
My grandma showed me how to cast a line
We sat together on the bank and let our bare feet dangle
Everything was fine

And now they want to take me out to see the game
They buy me little presents all the time
They say next summer we’ll go fishing, we’ll have fun
But all I want to do is cry

credits

from Thunder in My Arms, track released May 17, 2019
Lissa Schneckenburger (lead vocals, violin) Stefan Amidon (drums) Corey DiMario (double bass) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone) Cole Kamen-Green (trumpet) Ross Bellenoit (electric guitar)

Arrangement by Schneckenburger/ Spiegelman
Produced by Lissa Schneckenburger and Alec Spiegelman
Recorded by by Alan Stockwell at Black Mountain Audio (Brattleboro, VT)
Additional recording at Frost Studios (Brattleboro, VT) by Lissa Schneckenburger and by Alec Spiegelman at The Chamber of Commerce (Brooklyn, NY)
Mixed by Robin MacMillan at Faraway Sound (Brooklyn, NY)
Mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital (Southborough, MA)

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Lissa Schneckenburger Brattleboro, Vermont

Thunder in my Arms, Schneckenburger’s first release of all original music, is a song cycle about attachment and trauma. After decades as a traditional fiddler and ballad singer, her personal experience as a foster parent ignited her drive to write stories of family attachment and loss. The music can be at times brazen, resilient and triumphant, softly confessional, or warm and comforting. ... more

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