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We could watch as the hands move
All so blindly on this wall
Brushing by, barely grasping
Any moments quite at all
So oblivious to life
And this world in which they guide
And the ties they build so close
Just to turn and wear through most

These hands are so stubborn
Incessant and determined
But I won’t let you slip
And watch you fall to their grip
This I promise

We could sit and hear the phone ring
Less and less with time
Notice that the meaning
Slowly drains from your voice and from mine

Such a bitter regret
One I could not live with
I won’t reduce you
To “that girl I once knew”
This I promise

I refuse to watch
With open eyes and empty thoughts
As the photographs lay dormant and abandoned
The remnants of something I lost

These hands are so stubborn
Incessant and determined
But I won’t let you slip
And watch you fall to their grip
No, I won’t reduce you
To “that girl I once knew”
This I promise

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from The Secret You Can't Bear to Keep, released September 24, 2015

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Willow Steps Oakland, California

Willow Steps combines the folky, introspective tunes of Jesse Strickman with the angelic harmonies of Leiya Mahoney.

After three years of touring, recording, and shooting music videos, Willow Steps parted ways as a band (not as friends) to pursue new life goals. Leiya opened the SunRoom and Jesse launched a solo project:
TheSunroomca.com
JesseLorenStrickman.com
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