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Through The Cracks

from Time Is Free by Trevor & Sylvie

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Oh, this song. It’s a special one for me. I wrote it while staying with Trevor’s folks. It was Christmas Eve, the family was gathering, and Trevor was in California finishing up a run of A Christmas Carol. I picked up a tenor guitar and started strumming, and I swear this song just came down out of the ether into my heart. The words just poured out like the answer to a question I didn’t know I was asking. I’ve spent a lot of time since then trying to figure out what question I was asking, and the closest I’ve come yet is “What inspires?” Faith, hope, love, life - these things rely on inspiration, but inspiration doesn’t have to be much. It can be as simple as catching a glimpse of a bird on a wire or noticing the places where the grass has pushed through the cracks in the pavement.

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Through the Cracks
Written by Sylvie Davidson

It doesn’t have to be much
just a whisper in the dark
It doesn’t have to be love
just a flutter in the heart
It doesn’t have to be the sun
in a clear blue sky
just the breaking through the clouds
of a single ray of light

It doesn’t have to be an omen
just a turning in the road
It doesn’t have to be atonement
just a touch before you go
It doesn’t have to be a moment
you remember all your life
just something in a stranger’s face
you swear you recognize

The breaking of a wave
on a rocky beach
the makings of a memory
that cannot be repeated
It is not the first wave
it will not be the last
it’s just the one you notice
before the moment passes . . .

It doesn’t have to be an angel
just a bird on a wire
It doesn’t have to be salvation
just a chair before the fire
It doesn’t have to be creation
just the glimmer of a spark
where once there had been nothing
then suddenly the stars . . .

Isn’t it amazing
the blades of grass
buried under pavement
pushing through the cracks
Isn’t it amazing
the blades of grass
buried under pavement
pushing through the cracks

credits

from Time Is Free, released March 25, 2018
S. Davidson

Trevor: Vocal, Guitar. Sylvie: Vocal, Guitar. Alex Kelly: Cello.

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Trevor & Sylvie Staunton, Virginia

Trevor and Sylvie are a husband and wife Americana duo based in Nashville, TN.

With roots in Americana, their songs are honest and timeless, written with equal parts craft and inspiration. From the unquenchable thirst of a Dust Bowl era love song to the gritty anonymity of a big-city dive bar, Trevor & Sylvie pull at the strings of familiar stories, following them to their hearts. ... more

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