"Refraction" by Carl Hauck
(Track 1 of Vestige, a free 5-song EP)

Song premiere: http://atwoodmagazine.com/refraction-carl-hauck-premiere/
EP download: https://carlhauck.bandcamp.com/album/vestige
Album cover photo prints: https://carlhauck.bandcamp.com/merch/vestige-prints

Guitar and vocals by Carl Hauck
Piano and synth by Bryan Kveton

Recorded and mixed by Carl Hauck
Mastered by Joe Lambert

Photo by Dylan Fischer

In the morning
When the sun's wet
I will surface then sink
Down there somewhere
Unrefracted
I am breathing it in
Akin to tinder
Swaddled softly
In a filmy plastic sheet
Or a trophy
Dressed in old glass britches
I am pushing it, I am pushing it

Like the neon
On a cheap marquee
I am shaking
Until mischief
With a stone in hand
Casts out mercy
So I light up
Once more
Brighter than before
And with embers tearing downward through the cool air
I wipe my cheek
And at last I am clean

Eyes are digging
Always digging
I am buried
In the carpet
On the window sill
I rest in shades of green
Like a fungus
Or a moldy fruit
Thriving underneath
The careful watch of present-minded people
And I rise unseen
Yeah, I rise unseen
I rise unseen
Yeah, I rise unseen

Vestige

Refraction

Song Writer, primarily folk tipe story telling songs