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That whole ‘original sin’ story was the first catch-22. God tells Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit, but they don’t fully understand what it means to disobey, because they haven’t yet tasted the very thing that will give them the knowledge to differentiate between right and wrong. It’s a hell of a setup. Anyway, I was thinking about that while writing this song, and also about the stubbornness of beginning a new relationship while feeling like the whole world is saying, “Oh, that’ll never work out.”

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If you can imagine a boy
Who imagines a girl
And they both know how to perfectly love
In their imaginary world
Then imagine a man
And pretend that he’s me
Though I know that there’s no perfect love
And that nothing is meant to be
I watched you walk through the gates like it’s fate
Not a minute too see or a minute too late
Expelled for our sins
Now our love can begin

And there’s so many things
I’ve been wanting to say
To the ones that we both left behind in the garden
And the ones God sent away
But they can’t understand
They won’t forgive or agree
With how we both chose in our limited time to believe
In an improbability
But I know that nothing that lasts can be great
Without a couple of flaws and a few bad mistakes
And I’d make them again
So our love can begin

And if this imaginary world
Is like heaven on earth
I think that people would be just as bad to each other
‘cause we wouldn’t know what it’s worth
If it wasn’t so fiercely fought
If it wasn’t so wickedly won
I think that we would forget all the prices we’d paid
And why the battle had even begun
But I know that this love has been worth the wait
We’re both a little bit crooked and a little bit straight
But I’m willing to bend in the end
So our love can begin

Now that we’ve both been set free to create
Some kind of imperfect paradise
With this clean slate
Then please come take my hand
And my love, let’s begin

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from The Great Make Believer, released March 11, 2016

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Chris Robley Lewiston, Maine

"Chris Robley is at the top of his game with his new work." - KCRW

Maine-based singer/songwriter and award-winning poet Chris Robley (formerly from Portland, Oregon) performs orchestral indie-pop and fractured folk reminiscent of John Lennon, John Vanderslice, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Henry.

His poetry has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and many other journals. ... more

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