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There Was No Wave

from Finding My Balance by Jen Midkiff

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My ode to live music. My appreciation for being in the room where the actual sound waves are coming from actual instruments, instead of pre-recorded or through speakers, has grown so much since a certain period of isolation in 2020. It feels like I'm sensing it with something different, something more, than just my ears.

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There Was No Wave

Heard a choir a few years back
Let the voices wash over me
Almost felt like gentle waves breaking

And I wept for the beauty of those waves
How they made me realize
I was in a desert of my own making

There was no wave
But I could feel it

Jammed in a circle a few months back
And the music wrapped around me
Almost felt like a ray of sunlit morning

And I stretched my arms out to that sun
How it made me realize
I’d been in the cold and needed warming

There was no sun
There was no wave
But I could feel it

Went to a concert a few nights back
And the sound of their harmony
Almost felt like a gentle breeze blowing

And I tilted my face to catch that breeze
How it made me realize
I’d been shut in for so long, not knowing

There was no breeze
There was no sun
There was no wave
But I could feel it...
How could I feel it?

Not sight, not hearing, touch or taste,
No scent to follow
But the music filled me up
Hadn’t known I’d become hollow

Until those voices lifted, sang
Their words both sweet and sad
I smiled as tears rose in my eyes
Some need I didn’t know I had

I got noise and music at work all day
Let the sounds roll off of me
Almost feels like what I need is quiet

And yet I listened to those singers then
And I came to realize
I’d starved my soul of something it required

There was no breeze
There was no sun
There was no wave
But I could feel it
How could I feel it?

I need that wave, I need that sun, I need that breeze
I need to feel it
Oh, I need to feel it.

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from Finding My Balance, released November 3, 2023
Jen Midkiff: harp, lead and backing vocals
Sunnie Larsen: violin, viola, backing vocals
Betsy Tinney: cello
Lauren Oxford: backing vocals

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Jen Midkiff (she/her) Noblesville, Indiana

Harpist and singer Jen Midkiff is a performer and educator in the Indianapolis area. From early music to folk to pop standards, Jen has too many musical loves to pick just one!

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