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This song was written in 2009 for a CBC documentary by David Ridgen that eventually became the basis of his CBC podcast Someone Knows Something (www.cbc.ca/radio/sks).

The song explores the experience of unresolved heartbreak and longing.
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Higher

Baby, oh baby, where have you gone?
I've been lonely and tired and angry too long.
I've been passing my time with my memories of you,
but your image keeps fading, whatever the view.

Baby, oh baby, what have I done?
Turned my eyes from your eyes just to stare at the sun.
I've been burning with shame since the day that it set,
and I ain’t seen it rising in remedy yet.

There’s a road in the distance that ends in a pit,
where a weeping was whimpered and fire was lit,
where a sword and a crown and a helmet were hurled,
where a song was unleashed from a deafening world.

Baby, oh baby, where shall we go?
In my dreams there’s a mountain and desert below,
where you cling to my bosom and sing with the choir,
and we wait for the sun to rise higher and higher.
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credits

released December 2, 2022
written by Olenka Krakus
recorded and mixed by Jeffrey Moon
previous version recorded and released by CBC in 2009
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musicians:
Olenka Krakus | classical guitar, vocals
Jeffrey Moon | electric guitar

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Olenka and the Autumn Lovers Montreal, Québec

Olenka's music is enigmatic: never fully committed to one genre. It has been labeled folk, but moves across times, places, and moods. Olenka mixes classical and jazz arrangements with complex finger-picking patterns, irregular time signatures, and pop melodies. The band's diverse instruments provide a distinctive backdrop to Olenka's provocative lyrics. ... more

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