The Riddle (Live)

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THE RIDDLE

I’m finding all these rooms through my cellars, up my stairs
And it’s hitting me so lovely that I’ll never know they’re there
Wake me if I end up in a state of staring there
‘Cause anything quite new to me becomes a calm despair

Well, Jonah told me something about a Riddle, about a Bear
That climbed up to an apple tree just looking for a pear
If you go out walking through the branches after wine
What would you make of broken twigs & apples of the bitten kind

If I’m a sheep in a field with a red dot on the side of me
Just how am I suppose to live my life in vanity
I’ll take a nap, walk ahead, maybe warm-up up to you
Excuse me if I do not know what gender you cling to

I’ve thought over a million times about time and tempement
Or how to get inside someone and know of their intent
Sometimes I just say nothing cause that speaks for me in tons
And listen for the ways to get to you until I’ve won

Until I’ve won
Until I’ve won

2013 © Xavier Cardriche Music

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from Be My Voice: A Live Album, released September 15, 2023

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Xavier Cardriche Brooklyn, New York

Xavier Cardriche is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Brooklyn.

He has released 3 albums blending rock, folk, alt-country, and R&B.

Xavier frequently performs, both solo and with his band. ... more

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