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Sleeping Bear

from Sleeping Bear by Gayle Skidmore

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"Sleeping Bear," the title track of Gayle Skidmore's new album and coloring book, is a Buckley-esque guitar tune about watching someone lose their mind. This is a venture into rock vocals for Gayle, accompanied by orchestral strings and an epic guitar riff from Daniel Crawford that completely conveys the despair and frustration of such an event.

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The sleeping bear inside your brain will wake again to kill and maim
My quiet steps won't wake him yet
I know I really should escape

But still I wait
I hesitate
Amidst the smell of fear and death

I'm paralyzed by your disguise
Your pretty face hides hideous depths

When I go my heart will turn to stone
And I'll be left to sleep alone

The sleeping bear inside your brain is waiting there to fight again
I cannot go because I know the road I take won't curve or bend

And here we sleep amidst the trees
And lick the wounds he left before
The shadows bend in angry wind
Across the face that I adore

When I go my heart will turn to stone
And I'll be left to sleep alone

And so my fears will keep me here
I'm buried in a summer snow
And slumbers still the beast that will return to kill lest I should go
And so my fears will keep me here
I'm buried in a summer snow

When I go my heart will turn to stone
And I'll be left to sleep alone

credits

from Sleeping Bear, released September 15, 2013
Gayle Skidmore: Vox, Acoustic Guitar
Daniel Crawford: Electric Guitar
Darren Plies: Tasty Bass
Brian Cantrell: Drums of Wonder
7 violinists and 3 cellists who wish to remain anonymous.
Arrangements by Gayle Skidmore, Chris Fulford-Brown and Ben Moore. Edited and conducted by Chris Fulford-Brown.

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Gayle Skidmore Amsterdam, Netherlands

Seven-time San Diego Music Award nominee Gayle Skidmore has written over 2000 songs since she began songwriting at the age of 8. She just won Best Pop in the 2015 San Diego Music awards, and her latest album and coloring book, “Sleeping Bear,” won Best Pop Album in 2014. She won Best Singer-Songwriter in the 2013 San Diego Music Awards, and her song "Paper Box" was featured on HBO's "Looking." ... more

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