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Haunted

by VON BIEKER

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Haunted is a song about missed opportunities. While the beat drives consistently forward, the lyrics look backward with regret at a love that could have been. An ambient sound bed plays in reverse throughout the song, doubling down on the weight of the past.

The story starts with a glance that demands action ("if I knew your name I'd probably forget every other word") but leads nowhere, finally fading out with the line that started it - history on loop.

This new release transforms Von Bieker's earlier upbeat 2016 version of Haunted into three minutes of longing that fit right into his upcoming album Long For This World (out June 25).

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And if I knew your name
I'd probably forget
Every other word
A mind can only hold
So much beauty inside
At least that's what I've heard
And I don't want to find it out the hard way by myself
I'll just let someone else
You left with someone else
A moment open, closed
You vanished like a ghost
I'm haunted

If I could play the game
I'd probably protect
My heart from every wound
I almost caught your name
It was written on your cup
But I was looking up
I don't want to admit it but I know I stared too long
Your eyes were singing songs
I tried to sing along
But I forgot the tune
It echoes like a ghost
I'm haunted

Well I've been coming here
For just about a year
6:30 on the clock
Watching over the spot
Right where you last touched down
But you don't come around

No you are not around anymore

And if I knew your name
I'd probably forget
Every other word

credits

released May 14, 2021
Von Bieker - writing, recording, mixing, all instrumentation and vocals (Edmonton, Aberta)

Philip Shaw Bova - mastering (Ottawa, Ontario)

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VON BIEKER Edmonton, Alberta

Von Bieker plays bow tie rock and folk to haunt your heart.

Retro guitar twang sets a reverb- soaked soundstage for Von Bieker's resonant writing; his voice pushed until it cracks into free-fall falsetto.

Von Bieker performs both solo, and with his three-piece band as Von Bieker and his Small-Tones.
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