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Ask (Sharon Van Etten cover)

by Glassreel

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Track number 10 from the album TRAMP, released 10 years ago in 2012 by Sharon Van Etten.

We recorded this cover individually, in our respective homes during the lockdown of 2020. Isolation, reflection, leaving relationships, gaining compassion, setting boundaries, making changes and adapting when it feels “like cigarette ash, the world is collapsing around (you)”.

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Let's find something that can last
Like cigarette ash, the world is collapsing around me
Let's try to do the best we can
I think I need more than the flowers and letters, man

It's not that I don't try
It's that you won't again
And it hurts too much to laugh about it
Yes, it hurts too much to laugh about it

Hey, please think about it friend
I know you're lonely, I'm here writing in the dark
Trying to get the balls
But it hurts too much to ask

Dear, I need someone who's lost
Tell me how not to stop all these tears and fears?
So, nothing else will drop
So all this pain will stop
But if it hurts too much ask
If it hurts too much to ask

It's not that I don't cry
It's that I have to hide
Yeah, it's that I have to hide
So, I won't be there to ask
So, I won't be there to ask
So, I won't be there to ask
No, I won't be there to ask

And it hurts too much to laugh about it
Yes, it hurts too much to laugh about it
Yes, it hurts too much to laugh about it, man

Sharon Van Etten (© 2012 Jagjaguwar)

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released December 23, 2022
Written by Sharon Van Etten (© 2012 Jagjaguwar)
Arranged, performed and recorded by Glassreel
Mixed by Andrew Workman
Art design by Kelly Beaton

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Glassreel Winnipeg, Manitoba

A meeting of breathy arrangements and atmospheric guitars, Winnipeg alt pop group Glassreel is a collaboration between Kelly Beaton and Trevor Graumann. Joined by the rhythm section of Ken Phillips and Andrew Workman, the band’s music has been compared to artists such as Belle and Sebastian and Mazzy Star. ... more

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