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The Old Oak

from Between Lives by Justin Seagrave

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The story of "The Old Oak" takes place in Oakland, CA... but 5,000 years ago. A Native American hunter comes across a fallen oak tree and seeks to learn her secrets before she passes into the next life.

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Part 1 
The Old Oak fell today
Standing on her trunk, young hunter, asked if he could stay

Tell me all your secrets, mother of the wood
Tell me how the wind blows, the green grows, a thousand years you’ve stood

The Old Oak spoke, deep into the night she told
All that she could know, all the wisdom roots can hold

Part 2
When the old oak fell between death and birth
She’d wouldn’t tell her final word

he’ll know it well, the day he turns

The day he turns the earth

(Interlude)

Part 3
The old oak fell silent with the morning sun
Young hunter now, wise as wood, He’d never speak again

He let his feet wander, they took him to a creek
A leaf fell to the water, young hunter fell asleep

Buried by his head
A sliver of green
Awoke inside an acorn
Eager for the spring

credits

from Between Lives, released June 9, 2018
Music and Lyrics:
- Justin Seagrave

Producers:
- Justin Seagrave
- Schuyler Karr

Musicians:
- Justin Seagrave: Lead vocals, acoustic guitars, and all other instruments not listed below
- Schuyler Karr: Double bass (all string parts), software instruments, additional vocals
- McKay Garner: Drums, percussion

Engineers:
- Jaimeson Durr at Hyde Street Studio C
- McKay Garner at Inventive Audio
- Justin Seagrave at Seagrave Studios
- Schuyler Karr at Karr Studios

Mixed by:
- McKay Garner

Mastered by:
- Michael Romanowski at Coast Mastering

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Justin Seagrave San Francisco, California

Orchestrally-driven folk songs with stories of sea spirits, men who talk to trees and the spaces between life and death.

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