Mark Daniel Hoskins

Sunsing Lyrical Anthology: A Definitive Collection Of Sunsing Songs

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That Easiness

This song was written about a childhood friend of mine, Dani. We are still in contact after all these years. I was writing a piece for this book and it ended up becoming a song. I was inspired by Kris Kristofferson's song Jody and the Kid. Dani and I met in preschool and happened to live on the same block. We became best friends and spent every free moment playing in the street of our culdesac  riding bikes, playing kickball and taking turns doing tricks with our friend's wheelchair.  He was always in the wheelchair and couldn't play ball or ride bikes like we could, so we decided to get him in the game and spun him around to play kick ball with us or do wheelies, and we hung out a lot, watching tv at her gramma's place. We went to the mall one day and got to hold a couple baby leopards. They were so cute and soft and fun to be around I didn't even think about what would happen next and I had a lot to figure out when we moved to Calgary. I went to visit her after we moved Calgary in grade 2 every summer after 6th grade when I could ride the train by myself to Vancouver, and finally when I was 17 met back up with her. And in my mind I wanted to ask her to join me and travel and play music. She had a boyfriend and was deeply entrenched in things most people do like going to tech school and working. Meanwhile I was doing acid, smoking weed, playing music in bars, and hanging out at a heavily graffittied squat with Ministry and Skinny Puppy. We ended up raising two very differently awesome families and will always be friends, however I never can stop wondering what it would be like if I didn't have to move away, if we had grown up together. I believe we would be married as childhood sweethearts. The feeling we shared, it was simple and fun and also exciting to feel love at such a young age. But I have realized that I always long for that love, after many lovers, it's never been that feeling, that easiness. that this is . For you Dani. may we all  have one in our lives!

Released on the album Pangaia ©2021

We grew up in preschool
Used to live on the same block
Spent every free moment
Playing on the street in the cul-de-sac

Well I was five years young
And had a lot to figure out
We moved shortly after that

I went to go visit her when I could ride the train by myself
Asked her to cover and play my back
Now she had a boyfriend and was deeply entrenched
In things most people do
Like going to school, and fucking and working
Things I've never followed through

Meanwhile I'm doing acid playing music in bars
Could never stop wondering what it would be like
If I didn't have to move away
And we'd spent our lives together

After time and many lovers
It's never been the same
Never been that feeling, that easiness
Loving you was fun and exciting, that easiness
Knowing you was curious and delighting
That easiness