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The Grip

from Realms by Blake Berglund

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THE GRIP (4:03)
written by Blake J Berglund (SOCAN/ASCAP)

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You don't know The Grip until you need to pull away
It comes like a nail up from under your ribs
And settles in a resting place
Moves around just to feel the barbs and spreads into an ache
Long and dull until you let it get its way

You don't know The Grip until you're desperate for a change
Comes with the power to manifest
Give itself a shape
It'll walk into the ones you love, 'til they start to break
Let them go like it's some kind of fucking game

It'll tease, taunt, chase you 'til you're caught
It'll come, settle in and stay
It'll poke, prod, 'til it gets what it wants
Knowing that you'll never be the same

You don't know The Grip until you look it in the eye
Deem its handle powerless and strip it of its lie
You may have to watch your back for the remainder of your life
You won't know it 'til you look it in the eye

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from Realms, track released September 1, 2017
Blake Berglund - vocals, acoustic guitar
Bryce Lewis - electric guitars
Steve Leidal - drums
Shawn Patton - bass guitar
Melanie Hankewich, Chris Henderson, Megan Nash - backing vocals
Jason Plumb - backing vocals
Jeremy Sauer - organ, rhodes
Ian Cameron - steel guitar
Scott Pringle - mandolin

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Blake Berglund regina, Saskatchewan

The timing of the coronavirus pandemic aligned with the ending of an album cycle and Blake Berglund accepted it was more interesting to disappear.

Berglund emerges in a new environment as a truther with a job to do. His songwriting is influenced by a rapidly changing society and the glaring difficulties of the human condition. A thoughtful twang packaged with a fearless and satirical wit. ... more

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