Lost The Cradle

from Little Wars by Mathieu Lavigne

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In Vancouver, the "hard" area is called The Downtown Eastside, near Chinatown. There's a lot of drug abuse and the sidewalks are filled with people in various states of unhealth. It's harsh to think of them as children and hard to think of children as them. Basically, I think this song points out that a lack of unconditional love and care made these people as vulnerable as they are.

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Small things
Like the holes that were made
Are big things
Sadly downplayed

In the night, you lost the cradle, that used to rock you a little
Though your eyes, are the same eyes, as when you were little


When it's tough love, now you're tough as nails
when push come to shove, you're a train without rails

Aren't you a house of loss, who never finds a home
Stirring clouds of dust, when your mind roams


White light, the black night, slip out of sight
You're walking, by my building, while dawn's birds sing
When you roam, the back of Chinatown, and ride the limits of...
A numbing stone, you take your mind around, where you don't crave any love


In the night, you lost the cradle, that used to rock you a little
Though your eyes, are still the same eyes, as when you were little
No you can't take care, the world's hard like pavement
When you lost the gift of unconditional...love

White light, the black night, sank in the balm
You fall asleep in tough love's arms...

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from Little Wars, released March 26, 2011

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Mathieu Lavigne Vancouver, British Columbia

Drawing comparisons to artists like Iron And Wine, Okkervil River, Ray Lamontagne and Leonard Cohen, Mathieu Lavigne's music combines intelligent and poetic lyrics with warm, heartfelt delivery and sparse, mostly acoustic arrangements. "Little Wars" was released in March of 2011 to very positive reviews. Mathieu is a bilingual speaker from Montreal and now call Vancouver home. ... more

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