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Plot And Stone

from The Assumption by Michele Thomas

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I wrote this song after visiting my father's gravesite, a full 27 years after he had died. I wrote of the complexity of our relationship and the journey of children who lose their parents young. This was my quest for meaning in the questions that he would never be able to answer.

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Plot And Stone

Do you know how long ago it was?
The woman asked of me
I said, “I’m not sure…”, as the shame filled up behind my eyes to the edge of it’s bitter sting

She said, “Here’s the plot and here’s the stone”
And she handed me a card
I walked away and back through the door towards the reckoning of my heart

Through a sea of stone I waded to find a memory unwanted
I wasn’t sure what I’d find there
I only hoped that I might hear your voice whispering, “I’m sorry”

I remember from the armchair of the living room you bellowed your decree
The final act of a dying man letting go of what couldn’t be

Feeble angry words filled the room from wall to wall
It was the last time I’d hear your voice in my memory at all

You must have wanted to command time with fleeting moments leaving you behind
Staring down fate in your crosshairs
Forgetting in fact it was I there…wounded
But you never saw me

Now I can’t find you here
It’s just a plot and stone
But even though you’d gone away
You couldn’t leave me alone
I can’t find you here
I left you on your throne
And the scattered memories I have left don’t even have a home anymore

So I came in search of answers to the questions that went unheard
Loud were the words that you once gave
But louder the silence that soon came so strong
Now I need to hear you...

But I can’t find you here
It’s just a plot and stone
But even though you’d gone away
You couldn’t leave me alone
I can’t find you here
I left you on your throne
And the scattered memories I have left don’t even have a home anymore

I can’t find you here
It’s just a plot and stone
But even though you’d gone away
You couldn’t leave me alone
I can’t find you here
I left you on your throne
And the scattered memories I have left don’t even have a home anymore

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from The Assumption, released March 25, 2022
Music & lyrics by Michele Thomas

Michele Thomas - Vocals
Darren Scorza - Drums, percussion
Clark Sommers - Bass
Neal Alger - Guitar
Chris Mahieu - Rhodes

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Michele Thomas Chicago, Illinois

The daughter of a preacher, Chicago singer Michele Thomas brings an irresistible gospel-soul warmth to jazz.
JazzReview.com deemed her as, “one of those new artists that you anxiously wait to hear more from…"

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