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There’s a secret that never dies / Like a dance of hidden meanings
that we never apprehend

There are questions just as old as time / And the answers that come
never quite make amends

Even so when you look at time / You can get a subtle feeling of the way it ought to be

Take a good look at your own real life / And you will see if you want what you’ve gotten to be

It’s a hope / a sign / a measure of quiet rapture / of love
and what might come after

It’s letting go / and letting no answer be an answer
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How did smoke learn how to fly? Where do birds go off to die?
Why does coal sleep in darkness? Do dreams live in apartments?
Is a number forever? Where’s the soul of the water?
How old is old November? No one here can remember . . .
If I die, where does time go? Do the bees feel vertigo?
To get love, is there potion? Or is love only motion?
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Holy lift / holy reading — Holy gift / Holy needing
Holy sound / holy waiting — Holy light / animating

Holy food / Holy breathing — Holy light interweaving
Holy night / Holy handwrite — Holy flight / Holy insight

Holy Sun / Holy brother — Holy moon / Holy mother
Holy dream / Holy vision — Holy scheme / Holy mission

Holy one to another — Holy me / holy other
Holy lives / holy blending / Holy start / holy ending

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from Secrets Are The Best Stories, released April 3, 2020

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Kurt Elling Chicago, Illinois

Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. Declared “the standout male vocalist of our time” by The New York Times, Elling has garnered unprecedented accolades, including a fourteen-year run atop the DownBeat Critics Poll, as well as a dozen GRAMMY nominations ... more

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