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In My Tea

from Testing Your Patience by Louka

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Musically this piece blends acoustic folk and much older harmonies, deep, dark and intense with a troubling lyrical metaphor.
The ice cubes are soldiers sent to war (tea) by at class of indifferent elites.

Also features a beautiful fingers style guitar solo and an intense mandolin and bass outro bolstered by the groove of a Brazilian udu.

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Dropped you down in the drink,

I could hear you start to crack and shrink

I put you into my tea
I could see you staring back at me

Dropped you down in hot hot water
You make it warm and then I wish it was hotter
You melt so I don’t burn
It’s enough to make a stomach turn

Popped you out of a tray
In fact I got my own shape that way
She holds you close to her skin
She can feel the cold sinking in

Dropped you down in hot hot water
You make it warm and then we wish it was hotter
You melt so we don’t burn
They know

They drop you down in hot hot water
You make it warm and then they wish it was hotter
They lose their taste and send you away
The servant pours you down the drain
Goes to fetch another tray
You melt so they don’t burn
It’s enough to make a stomach turn

Everything is Made of Love ASCAP

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from Testing Your Patience, released November 12, 2021
Louka Patenaude: voice, acoustic guitars, mandolins and production

John Christensen: double bass

Josh Pultorak: Brazilian udu

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Louka Madison, Wisconsin

Louka is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and teacher (University of Wisconsin – Madison). Testing Your Patience (his debut album as Louka) is his first release since The Very Best of the Fingers (2012 Layered Music) and The Optimistic (2008 Layered Music).
For more information about Louka please visit www.music.wisc.edu/faculty/louka-patenaude/ or loukasound.com ... more

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