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After A While

from Like A Candle by Marilyn McNeal

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The lyrics are from chapter one (Down The Rabbit Hole) of Lewis Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland.

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After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it:

she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

'Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said Alice to herself, rather sharply; 'I advise you to leave off this minute!' She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes;

'But it's no use now,' thought poor Alice, 'to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable person!'

Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words 'EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants.

'Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, 'and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden . . .

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from Like A Candle, released November 14, 2022

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Marilyn McNeal writes and records alt indie folk music under the name Chantmagick. She began this project in March 2017 as a way to bring together walks in nature, love of American roots music and optimism about the power of human connection.

Marilyn's approach to music making is immediate, raw and simplistic. She uses what’s at hand and tries to record tracks in as few takes as possible. ... more

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