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The Waiting Land

by The Gertrudes

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The Waiting Land is an ode to the vast nuances of our emotional landscapes. Denying them creates deserts of anxiety and neuroses.

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The Waiting Land

Don’t make a desert and call it peace - Call it a godforsaken land
Call it something forgotten that slipped right out of your hand
- Call it a forgotten land

Don’t make a desert and call it fear - Fear is so full and alive
Call it the reek of hot water that burns
When-you’re-weak are unable to stand
Call it the scars on your hand

Tell me about your honour
Tell me about your shame
Tell me about the river that slipped right through the lands of your sorrow
And call it The Waiting Land

Don’t make a desert and call it love
Call it a godforsaken land
Call it something forgotten that just slipped right out of your hand
Call it The Waiting Land

Tell me about your honour
Tell me about your fame
Tell me about the river that slipped right through the lands of your sorrow
And call it The Waiting Land

Tell me about your honour
Tell me about your pain
Tell me about the river that slipped right through the lands of your sorrow
And call it The Waiting Land


Their prayers are with you - but in the end, we only pray for ourselves
Their prayers are with you - but in the end, we only pray for ourselves
Their prayers are with you - but in the end, we only pray for ourselves
Their prayers are with you - but in the end, we only pray for ourselves

credits

released July 20, 2023
Pete Bowers: drums
Annie Clifford: vocals, tambourine
Astrid Erb: vocals
August Erb: electric guitar
Jason Erb: piano, bass
Mariah (Mo) Horner: vocals
Josh Lyon: Hammond organ
Jason Mercer: synth, bass
Arden Rogalsky: tambourine
Matt Rogalsky: electric guitar
Greg Tilson: lead vocals, 12-string guitar

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The Gertrudes Kingston, Ontario

The Gertrudes sound like an ol’ time saloon party in deep space … experimental noise beds with down home folk passengers, frolicking through original material, played by a veritable orchestra of instruments.

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