The Fox

by Marlowe and the Sea

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This song was recorded and produced by Casey Combest of Blue Sky Studios in Jackson, MS, and featured on the compilation album "4,000 Riel," (ar.gy/Riel) to raise funds and awareness to fight human trafficking in Cambodia.

The song is based on a chapter in "The Little Prince," in which the title character meets a fox; the Prince's encounter with the fox is a parable about friendship.

This song is dedicated to the memory of Simon Hamburg, a better friend than I deserved.

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In the days before I met you, I'd wait for the Thursdays when hunters would dance with the girls from the town

Now I wait in the fields like a fool, and anticipate the same time every day when you used to come around

You'd sit by the corner of my eye and share the quiet; and yet we would let ourselves sit closer every day

So you spoke, in the time that we had, of things all too often forgotten--of roses, of rites, and of men

Now I've learned the sound of your steps, my heart will discover the price of our happiness time and again

I was just like a hundred thousand others, but you chose me... I had no choice...

Now you've gone, and I face on my own, the weight of my countless decisions, the ruins of all I had planned

I wish I'd known what you meant when you said that you had more friends to discover and a lot of things to understand

Why did I let you tame my heart, oh you said you were leaving...

All the while you longed for something more than this...

But I can still see your face in every star, every grain...

I had so much more left to tell you, I hope that somehow you can hear.

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released April 2, 2013

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Marlowe and the Sea Durham, North Carolina

Marlowe and the Sea is the primary songwriting outlet for Durham, NC musician Brad Ward.

Marlowe and the Sea's debut album, "The More Things Change" was recorded and produced by Elegant Trainwreck Productions, in Ward's hometown of Jackson, MS. ... more

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