Letters from the Skipper

from Renewal and Release by Gaillion

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
This essential 5 song EP features the brand new single, "The Focal Point”, as well as updated mixes of the four previously available singles, "Letters from the Skipper", "Backslide", "Lorelei", and "The Unraveling” - all newly mastered for one unforgettable package.

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lyrics

so weighted - so held down
a pain to deep to discuss aloud
the dust had hardly settled
ash and paper and bone
carried aloft -
the late summer breeze - like so many letters home

the guilt so heavy - its depth uncharted
ashamed to speak of what actually happened
but we'd relive the days
the sound and sail and sun
these letters from the skipper
sent with the hope - of one final run

I STOOD AT THE BOW
AND WATCHED MY CITY RECEDE
IN THAT MOMENT THE WHEEL WAS PASSED
BUT IN HIS TIME OF NEED
I LEFT HIM IN THE HOLE
OF SORROW
TO FEND ALONE

i was never contented at the stern
watching the wake dissolve
i will pilot until my dying day

STANDING AT THE BOW
WATCHING MY CITY RECEDE
JUST A MOMENT - AND MY CHANCE HAD PASSED
IN HIS TIME OF DEEPEST NEED
LEFT DOWN IN A HOLE
HIS GREATEST SORROW
TIME HE’D SPEND ALONE

CAPTAIN
-MY CAPTAIN, O
CAPTAIN
-MY CAPTAIN, O

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from Renewal and Release, released October 20, 2017

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Gaillion New York, New York

Gaillion, \GUY-lee-on\ is a progressive rock power trio, formed in Avon, CT by Don Gunn, drums and percussion; Todd Howard, vocals, bass and keyboards; and James Vasquenza Jr., guitars and backing vocals.

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