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The Fanfold Hawk (for Franz Wright)

from Secrets Are The Best Stories by Kurt Elling ft. Danilo Pérez

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Think that / or imagine you are just / just gliding

The hawk flies / in clear skies / mirroring fire / floating higher
higher than any spire

unconcerned or aware / of empty / forgotten prayers

He’s one with the air

His golden skull / all full of null / and void
except for the will of God

and not with crazed incessant sounds
the noisy echoes that pull us to what makes us ill

Why do we go / after what drives us mad / you know?

We push and elbow / grabbing what makes us sad / like every ego fad

Quiet the mind / find your flow aligned / or stay blind

Nothing comes of —

Making the same / blunder a thousand times / that’s just inane and lame

And how to go sane / reading between the lines
when all the lines are your chains?

It isn’t easy

You’ll have to show some spine / some spirit

Move from within / Bust out of what confines / Because

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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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