How It Is

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lyrics

Slack-jawed, staring like I’ve never witnessed grace before
I’ve been frozen, resolute to live a life unmoored
The bells ring, I’m in the kitchen
In spite of me, oh I’m hopeful
Like I’ve never been in love before
I’ve been thoughtless, shut out bliss, forgotten what it’s for
I know that the prayer’s in the yielding
Sweet surrender now to something more

Oh
Skies open wide
Change in the tide
Oh, that’s just what it is
No use in fighting

It’s unfolding and it’s never been so clear before
Broken open, everywhere the signs that I might be restored
Giving thanks for all I could’ve wasted
I am ready now and I’m focused
Having understood my fear’s a friend no more
All these riches trace a glowing path to what I’ve hungered for
The farther I get from beginning
Ever closer now to something pure

Skies open wide
Doubts cast aside
All my certainties defied
Oh, that’s just how it is
No use in crying

No use in trying
Oo
No use in crying

Oh
Skies open wide
Change in the tide
Oh, that’s just what it is
No use in fighting
Oh
Skies open wide
Doubts cast aside
All my certainties defied
Oh, that’s just how it is
No use in crying
That’s just how it is
No use in crying
Oh, that’s just how it is
No use in crying

credits

released February 17, 2023
Lyrics by Claire Morrison
Music by Claire Morrison and Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner



CREDITS
Claire Morrison - vocals, rhythm guitar
Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner - vocals, lead guitar
Don Benedictson - recording, mix
JP Villemure - mastering
Believe/APCM - distribution

Adam Kelly - photography
Stephanie Kuse - graphic design



Produced with the financial participation of Manitoba Film & Music.
We acknowledge the support of the SOCAN Foundation.

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Fire & Smoke Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fire & Smoke (Winnipeg/Montréal) is a bilingual folk-roots partnership uniting exciting harmonies, deft storytelling, and ever-evolving live instrumentation.

Fire & Smoke (Winnipeg/Montréal) est un partenariat folk-roots franco-manitobain réunissant harmonies vocales, instrumentation variée, et esprit raconteur.
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