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COMIN' UP FOR AIR

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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Another rehearsal jam Frankenstein-ed into a song.

Watching documentaries about sexual abuse in the Catholic church, and elsewhere, where, world wide, thousands of kids suffer, is as horrifying as it is exhausting. Particularly moving are those adults, men and women,
who, years later, find the courage to come forward. Their reluctance, the buried memories that eat away at their lives, sometimes hidden on purpose out of a sense of shame so undeserved, and yet so hard to shake.

This song can only suggest how they might feel, hopefully, having come forward at last, today.

lyrics

COMIN’ UP FOR AIR

i thought i might
be drowning
i can see
a flickering light

im comin’ up
im comin’ up
im comin’ up
for air

on the surface
glorious
and free
on the surface
no doubt

im comin’ up
im comin’ up
im comin’ up
for air

it was dark
it was dark down there
in the deep
dark
of my heart

& who i was
who i was to those i love
until until
until i saw the light

im comin’ up
im comin’ up
im comin’ up
for air

credits

from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012
kit, Ricky McLean, guitar, Matt Bailin, bass, David Goodchild.

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Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) Jamaica Plain

A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen ... more

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