Leaving Cup

by John Davey

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Recorded with and by my band The Ancient Urge.

A song of individuation and busting out of our self-imposed prisons.

Further Listening/Reading:
Thank you, Chilly Gonzales, for this music lesson which led to the creation of what became Leaving Cup - youtu.be/2oZKgIIiDaE?t=6m7s

Carl Jung's concept of Individuation - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuation#In_Jungian_psychology

Stefan Molyneux's On Truth: the Tyranny of Illusion - cdn.media.freedomainradio.com/feed/books/OnTruth/On_Truth_The_Tyranny_of_Illusion_by_Stefan_Molyneux_PDF.pdf

lyrics

See what happens when you hold her to the light and shake her
She changes forms and flits around the room
I do not make her

Suddenly I felt heavy and warm all over
Like a meeting in the sultry, summer hideaway
All covert

Like the angels holding congress with the crows
Up on Silver Hill where even God don't go

Skittering 'cross the surface like some water on a hot range
There you were in florid glory
Telling stories, raging

Like someone lighting up the powder with a spark
Seems that no one knows the nature of the dark
Though it's all around us

If just one instance up and flies
Through the walls, into the light
The prison ain't a prison any more, is it?
(Is it) push or pull or shove or tug?
How to know which one to love?
The leaving or the staying cup I pour?

credits

released March 6, 2018
John Davey - acoustic guitar, vocals
Dennis "Bud" Clowers - drums, bgv's, melodica, glockenspiel
Raymond Little - electric guitar
Jon Letts - bass guitar, synthesizers
Steffen Yazvac - additional percussion

Recorded by Bud Clowers and RJ Little @ the Letts family camp up past Harlow Lake in Upper Michigan in September 2016

Mixed by Steffen Yazvac @ Steffen Yazvac Audio - Minneapolis, MN
Mastered by Matt Whatley @ Combover Mastering - Fort Worth, TX

LBE.-001

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John Davey Marquette, Michigan

A songwriter and recording artist in Marquette, Michigan.
A tree transplanted; West Lafayette, Indiana / Nashville, Tennesee

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