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Cuts to the Quick
03:30
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Tight, bundled nerves and a practiced hand
I guess it’s time to do this over again
Indeed, I don’t trust no more
We’ve drifted a bit too far from the shore
Inveterate liars and the company they keep
Corralled by fear, the willing sheep
Has it ever been any worse than this
Sometimes I have to ask what’s scandalous
It cuts to the quick, it makes one sick
That we’ve always been so degenerate
Calls truth a liar, I lose the fire
This is where we are, what we’ve always been
Darkness on the horizon
We carry fire in our hearts
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2. |
Better Days
03:30
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Rise up the dark
Quiet that sun
Summer heat, I can barely hold on
Slipped a disk
And broke my fall
What I once had isn’t there anymore
Pray for rain
On sleepless nights
Endure the pain until the morning light
My better days are behind me now
And I feel like I’m gonna breakdown
Aching bones
And calloused hands
All the trappings of the working man
Torn up clothes
And turpentine
We’re all undone by the passage of time
I’ll alway try, I’ll always dare
To fill these fragile lungs with air
When I leave this world, I will have made my mark
Before my light submits to dark
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Three Graveyards
03:42
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There were three graveyards in my hometown
And I never did believe there were dead in the ground
So, I hung around and I looked for ghosts
Climbing cedar trees as I kept my post
Weather-beaten and moss-covered stones
Monuments to the young and the old
Did they comfort the bereaved, do they cradle the bones
Bring us any closer to our loved ones’ souls
It can only be
A sense of certainty
That all you love will just fade away
Time just takes its toll
There were three graveyards in my hometown
And the secrets that they keep never stayed in the ground
That everyone that lives will one day die
And the comfort of beauty only passes us by
No, I never did see any ghosts
Celestial bodies or levitating stones
Mostly I just felt a sense of being alone
A couple of miles away from my childhood home
It can only be
A sense of certainty
That all you love will just fade away
Time just takes its toll
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