Name: Appalachia
Duration: P00H06M15S
Description: A few years back, driving south on US-15 through Pennsylvania the week before Thanksgiving, I was struck by the desolation. It was just river and barren trees and abandoned buildings. I know it's beautiful in the summer, but on that day, the land itself felt depressed. The first half of this song wrote itself, and then it wrote the second half, too

Appalachia

from To Be Expected by Arin North

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A few years back, driving south on US-15 through Pennsylvania the week before Thanksgiving, I was struck by the desolation. It was just river and barren trees and abandoned buildings. I know it's beautiful in the summer, but on that day, the land itself felt depressed. The first half of this song wrote itself, and then it wrote the second half, too

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Another dozen miles down
Another Susquehanna ghost town
A boarded up truck stop’s all that’s left
Nothing behind me, nothing ahead

Oh Appalachia sing to me
Sing of life
Of loss and misery
Oh Appalachia sing
Cause I don't know what tomorrow will bring

I pick up a few different stations of static
Each with their own voice, enigmatic
If I hadn't given up my faith
I'd think they all had something to say

Oh Appalachia sing to me
Sing of life, sing of loss, sing of misery
Oh Appalachia sing
Cause I don't know what tomorrow will bring

I didn't know you left last night
Until you opened the door and let in the morning light
I can see my questions would be a waste
Cause you're wearing the answer all over your face

And sometimes I wish I could not feel at all
So I could fall
So I could fall
Out of love, just as easily
As I fell into
As I fell into you

Well I protest but it's in vain
Cause you're already late for your morning train
You tell me to lock up and leave my key
You don't even say goodbye to me

So now I'm here alone and I bare my soul
To the hosts of the morning show
What a scene
I'm falling to pieces in front of a screen
And now I'm here alone
In someone else's home

In someone else's home
In someone else's home
Oh it's not my home

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from To Be Expected, released August 9, 2020

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Arin North Seattle, Washington

Using music as a way to explore powerful emotions and turning points. Our lives may ultimately be unique, but we often see ourselves in the stories of others – hopefully you can see yourself in these songs.

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