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Dark Days Beautiful Things

by Joe Goodkin

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Dark days, dark days!
The call went out
From the dirt to the sky
It was a hymn of heartache
Sung in the key of hope
Buried in a broken battle cry

It was too much for my ears
But I made myself listen so I would hear
The sorrow of a song that we can’t unsing
It echoes into beautiful things

Dark days, dark days!
The air was thick
With smoke and flame
The ashes fell to earth
Like the tears of an angry God
Tattooing on our skin with pain

I wasn’t sure if it was real
But I leaned into the dark so I would feel
The sorrow of a wound that we can’t unsting
It heals into beautiful things


At the end I heard a noise
A million singing in one voice
It went “Sorrow is a bell that we can’t unring
Don’t forget the beautiful things”

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released December 25, 2020
Joe Goodkin: Vox/Guitar/Keys
Gerald Dowd: Drums
John Abbey: Bass

Engineered by John Abbey at Kingsize and Shane Hendrickson at his place
Mixed by Shane Hendrickson

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Joe Goodkin Chicago, Illinois

Chicago-based singer/songwriter Joe Goodkin has released albums as both a solo artist and under the name Paper Arrows. He tours the country performing one-man folk opera retellings of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad.

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