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Quiet Rider

from Dead Reckoning by Kate Fenner

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Did anyone see the movie The Rider, by Chloe Zhao? This song is for the main character, and for all the boys he reminded me of, with their ropy arms, their raw hands, their big breakable hearts.

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Quiet Rider

Quiet rider, boots dug in the flank
With reins you guide her, sky so wide and blank.
Ever watchful, but you don’t see anything
Just feel the breath flow and the air around you sing

Quiet rider, your feet don’t touch the ground
You broke the wild ones, felt their heartbeats pound
Horizon’s endless, jackrabbits in the sage
Prairie grasses blow like whispering sisters through the ages

I saw your sunset—you sent it over the line
As you receded, did you shield your eyes at mine

I could sing this song through forever
If it keeps you close at hand
I’m a slow learner, it’s like I
Just can’t understand

Oh, ghost rider, walk me to the end of this season
Dark survivor, oh you know this pain had no reason
You rode as the dust rose, dense clouds around you formed
Rode ever northward into the oncoming storm

Quiet rider, you’ve already come and gone
The ground still holds, though, the echo of your hoofbeats.

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from Dead Reckoning, released January 15, 2023
Kate, Connor, Mark, Stéphane. Scotty Hard played the electric guitar track.

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