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Sometimes songs change their meaning. What you thought you were writing becomes something entirely different. In the case of "The Drain," it was like the universe or the song itself was talking back to me. The lyrics were crafted to look at history as a means of going forward and how society is always on the verge of collapse (circling the drain). But when I assembled the tracks so we could mix the song, I was forced to listen to Al's vocal takes stripped away from the music and my voice. Hearing him sing this verse hit me hard: "Walk me out in the cold redeeming rain, your dirty kiss has gone and left a stain...you pulled the plug and got me circling around the drain." It does not take too much interpretation, if you know Al's story, to see "The Drain" as a graphic swan song and lesson about suffering and sacrifice. Ironically, these would be the very last words he would ever sing into a microphone. An afterthought that would determine the meaning of this song forever.

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Rome was built to burn
Its roads were paved with scorn
The truth was lost within the noise
Seeing is believing with no choice

So walk me out in the cold redeeming rain
Your dirty kiss has gone and left a stain
Baby, won’t you please come clean?
You pulled the plug you got me
Circling around the drain

You stole the keys to my door
You pierced the shield of my soul
The truth is there In disguise
Weeping is my heart bleeding through broken eyes

Walk me out in the cold redeeming rain
Your dirty kiss has gone and left a stain
Baby, won’t you please come clean?
You pulled the plug you got me
Circling around the drain

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from A Better Version of the Truth, released November 9, 2018

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Bow Thayer's music features his custom Bojotar and fuses experimental elements with Americana, rock, bluegrass, and folk, resulting in a singular, progressive sound that has earned descriptions ranging from “Green Mountain soul” to “modern backwoods music.” American Songwriter says this "onetime Levon Helm compatriot is the best artist to come from New England in recent years." ... more

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