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If I Say It, She Will Go

from Cassandra, Cursed by Walter Ehresman

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Here, Ehresman juxtaposes a personal sad, broken-hearted subject with the jaunty Latin musical rhythms of salsa and merengue, all with a Mexican flair. The influence of his almost nine years living in San Miguel de Allende is really felt in this one. In the instrumental sections, the listener is transported to a Mexican street parade.

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If I Say It, She Will Go
(© 2022 Walter Ehresman)

She was raised to keep her heart atop a pinnacle with unscalable sides;
They said “We work—unending—and the motion cloaks the things we feel inside”;
But in that cruel inheritance, the world can see her instinct to be kind;
And quietly she grows a caring legacy that leaves herself behind.

And I knew that I could love her when I saw the girl beneath the public face;
She gifted me with glimpses that would glow and then recede without a trace;
And in those painful absences, years pass by and I try hard to know
if there is a place for me up there where no one is allowed to go.

And I feel that distance, as I signal from below;
And I feel her resistance to the ways a love can grow.
Communication is the lifeblood, we all know;
But with so much to say—if I say it, she will go.

I know I’ve felt connection that sure seemed to go beyond the spoken word;
Once language is discarded, then the eyes can take a moment to be heard;
But a heart begins to wither when it’s only fed with all those things unsaid;
And I am just not strong enough for the stoic and the silent path ahead.

And I feel that distance, as I signal from below;
And I feel her resistance to the ways a love can grow.
Communication is the lifeblood, we all know;
But with so much to say—if I say it, she will go.
Communication could keep our love so strong;
But with so much to say, first I said it, now she’s gone.

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from Cassandra, Cursed, released October 17, 2023
Walter Ehresman: vocals; keyboards & key percussion; 5-string electric bass; synth bass; electronic percussion pads; Godin Acousticaster; drum machine programming.

Produced & engineered by Walter Ehresman at Snipe Bog Studios, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

p. 2023 Walter Ehresman. All rights reserved. Snipe Bog Records

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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