I See a Spark

from The Spark in Your Eye by Beams

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lyrics

Here comes the reaper
Your hair like water
Your skin like paper

But I see a crack in your guise
I see a spark in your eyes
When you let it slip on the sly

Walk to the garden
Move like all others
Move slow like water, a whisper

But I see a crack in your guise
I see a spark in your eyes
When you let it slip on the sly

All pride, all meaning
Dignified distance
The walls between us fall

When I see a crack in your guise
I see a spark in your eyes
When you let it slip on the sly

Here comes the reaper
Your hair like water
Your skin like paper

But I see a crack in your guise
I see a spark in your eyes
When you let it slip on the sly

credits

from The Spark in Your Eye, released August 4, 2023
Anna Mērnieks-Duffield - guitar, vocals, klang
Heather Mazhar - vocals
Keith Hamilton - vocals, vibraphone
Martin Crawford - guitar
Craig Moffatt - bass
Mike Mērnieks-Duffield – drums
Lee Rose – violin

All songs written by Anna Mērnieks-Duffield (SOCAN) and arranged by Beams (ACTRA RACS)

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kevin McMahon at Marcata Recording in New Paltz, NY

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Beams Toronto, Ontario

Blending psych-tinged indie-pop with Appalachia-sourced folk music, Toronto sextet Beams have long been a unique voice among the Canadian indie rock scene. With their newly announced third album Requiem for a Planet, the outfit... dive[s] headfirst into the difficult experience of coming of age in a world that isn’t nearly as functional as the one we may have perceived growing up. - FLOOD Magazine ... more

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May 10

Hotel Wolfe Island

Kingston, ON
May 11

Kaffe 1870

Wakefield, QC
May 13

La Sotterenea

Montreal, QC
May 14

Ralphs Diner

Worcester, MA
May 15

Bowery Electric

New York (NYC), NY
May 16

PhilaMOCA

Philadelphia, PA
May 17

Westside Bowl

Youngstown, OH
May 19

Northside Tavern

Cincinnati, OH
May 22

Hideout

Chicago, IL
May 23

Cactus Club

Milwaukee, WI
May 24

Phog Lounge

Windsor, ON
May 25

Palasad Socialbowl

London, ON

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