Beaver Nelson - It Doesn't Always Come Back

Beaver wrote and recorded "It Doesn't Always Come Back" for his 2012 album, Macro/Micro.
You can listen to the album version of this song on Spotify or other streaming services.

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Video by Stephen Henderson: https://www.thehabitofseeing.com/
Sound mixing by Phil Miller at The Padded Rooms Recording Studio

Lyrics
It Doesn’t Always Come Back
By Beaver Nelson

It doesn't always come back
It doesn't always come back
Roll the ball down the hill
You could wait a million years

When I was a boy
I belonged to nothing
When I was a boy
Everything was mine
When I was a boy
I was thinking deeply
When I was a boy
When I knew my mind

When I was a boy
Words were never needed
When I was a boy
Explain everything
When I was a boy
I remember feeling
You are not the one
Oh, yes I am

It doesn't always come back
It doesn't always come back
Roll the ball down the hill
You could wait a million years

When you were a child
Did you hear the birds sing?
Was it all one bird?
Was it all one song?
Was it just one word
Falling from the heavens?
Was it just one wave
Pulling you along?

When I stole the fire
Everything went frigid
When I stole the fire
When I felt the rift
When I stole the fire
I had stolen nothing
Why did I ever try?
You cannot steal a gift

It doesn't always come back
It doesn't always come back
Roll the ball down the hill
You could wait a million years

Roll the ball down the hill
Roll the ball down the hill...