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From Earth To Heaven With A Smile

from A Procession of Dreams (2014) by Phil Smith & Corsage

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From Earth to Heaven With A Smile

I

The seasons, they go round and round
one by one in a line
a mummified magnificence
where all we feel we can’t define
and one by one we’re heaven-sent
grief-stricken vows across the miles
as a hand reaches down
a hand to raise you
from earth to heaven with a smile

from earth to heaven with a smile


II

Oh, it’s hard to free your head
from such a busy time
spoon-fed, force-fed,
rammed down the throat, led-dead,
nothing to do but all fall in line
but all the while I’ve been waiting
for the cosmic phone on which we dial
a prayer sent out
a message received
from earth to heaven with a smile

from earth to heaven with a smile


III

Well, I could tell you stories
of countless griefs
of so many people crawling along
like their hands are tied
behind their backs to their feet…

but still each morning they wake up
and they wonder what’s going to come down
and they walk in the sunset
walk by the seaside
walking down to the old part of town

at the Judgement Gate they’re waiting,
creating all their secret trials
when a hand comes down
a hand to raise them
from earth to heaven with a smile

from earth to heaven with a smile

IV

It’s a fortress mentality
close the ranks and join the pack
and pile up the sandbags so high
combat boots and hard-hat helmets
and bulletproof glass enclosing the sky
and we brick up the windows
and we plastic up all the vents
surround ourselves behind the safety
of a cast-iron white picket fence
but then one day the doors all open
and they’re coming to the light after a while
and a million hearts
and a million hands
sing
from earth to heaven with a smile

from earth to heaven with a smile

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from A Procession of Dreams (2014), released November 22, 2014
Phil Smith - vocals
Bill Napier-Hemy - guitars, theremin
Ron Allan - bass
John Cody - drums

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Meredith Bates - violin

Written by P. Smith/B. Napier-Hemy/R. Allan/ J.Cody

Recorded by Jeremy Patch at Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver

Mixed by Ron Obvious with the Dragonfly Mobile Recording Unit # 4

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Phil Smith & Corsage Vancouver, British Columbia

Emerging out of Vancouver during the post-punk era, the musical collective Corsage features the core group of Phil Smith (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar), Ron Allan (bass) and John Cody (drums). Over 7 albums and numerous live performances and broadcasts, they have collaborated with some of Vancouver's finest musical and artistic talents on songs that run from trance to hard pop to techno-folk. ... more

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