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Refusal of the Return

from The Hero's Journey by Beth Kinderman

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"Numerous indeed are the heroes fabled to have taken up residence forever in the blessed isle of the unaging Goddess of Immortal Being." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero With A Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell’s works and the trademark HERO’S JOURNEY™ are used under license by the Joseph Campbell Foundation (www.jcf.org).

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enough of this cocoon
I'll take a cloud instead
a comfort for my body
a pillow for my head
I pull its veils around me
I huddle & I hide
so no one down below me
could ever guess at what's inside

o treehouse in the sky
that no one else can find
I'll take hold of your ladder
& pull it up behind
to float above it all now
embarrassed by the ground
cause it's not hard to know you
won't understand what I have found

(chorus)
no, don't wake me up
before I'm ready
before I'm ready
gone so long
but not long enough
cause I'm not ready
no, I'm not ready

the world of everyday
is cruel to butterflies
it tears them into pieces
& laughs at their demise
you wake up decades later
amidst day jobs & chores
so swiftly you discover
how little you ever called yours

(chorus)

may I not cease to feel
the pull of idle things
remind me to be patient
& argue for my wings
the essence of elixir
is carried in my bones
& what good is the journey
if you don't ever bring it home?

(chorus)

no, I won't give it up
& I am ready
& I am ready
move on home
but not fast enough
you best be ready
you best be ready

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from The Hero's Journey, released May 3, 2019
Elizabeth Greenberg: violin, vocals
Justin Hartley: cajon
Nikki Huls: vocals
Beth Kinderman: vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Maddix: bass
Siyah & Salvador: hellhounds
Dave Stagner: 12-string guitar

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Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters Minneapolis, Minnesota

If you like epic song cycles based upon multi-thousand-page fantasy novels, thought-provoking lyrics, violin solos, complex vocal harmonies, huge drums, and weird guitar effects, but you also think that more musicians should write songs about surviving the zombie apocalypse and attempting to sleep with video game characters, Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters are the band for you. ... more

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