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In a relationship, a person is always more than who they are just in the relationship. “Chimerical Days” reflects on this point, finding sorrow both in the loss of self that occurs in love and the loss that occurs when love is over. Although the lyrics gesture at regrets, they also hint at hope for another chance.

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"Eight miles wide and two feet deep
You know you look so pretty when you smile in your sleep
Wondering where you are tonight

‘Cause I’m way up here in the wilderness
The moist air reminds me of your kiss
As it comes and goes across my weathered cheek

And I never said what I should, and I never did what I could
It’s all just water passing through my hands
When I come back maybe I’ll be a better man

I’m following a blue highway down the coastline to another day
Wish I could escape into the sea
There’s a stranger’s face in the mirror now, the clock froze at the top of the hour
A haunting sense of being late

I expect too much at the end of the day
And I tend to fall short in at least one way
Find my mind hard to settle down

But I’ll hold you close like a summer rain
Making green the finer things
And smile knowing I once held a pearl

And I never said what I should, and I never did what I could
It’s all just water passing through my hands
When I come back maybe I’ll be a better man

Eight miles wide and two feet deep
You know you look so pretty when you smile in your sleep
"

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from Other Things Like You Vol. 1, released June 28, 2023
Credits:
Brian Erickson - Songwriter, Acoustic guitar, Vocals, Piano
Jason Goessl - Guitar, Bass
Tom Wesley - Guitar
Andy Seaver - Electric Organ
Caitlin Sherman - Vocals
Brian Oppel - Drums
Geoff Harper - Bass
Ron Weinstein - Piano

Engineered by Jason Goessl & Colin Nelson

Mixed by Robb Davidson
Nels Motel

Mastered by Huntley Miller
HM Mastering

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Brian Erickson Minneapolis, Minnesota

Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Brian Erickson began his musical studies on piano in second grade. His next instrument was the drums, which he started playing when he was in fifth grade, and he taught himself guitar along the way as well. His vocals are smooth like James Taylor’s and rich like Greg Brown’s, both distinct and familiar. ... more

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