Songwriter Death Trip

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The moon is sitting low
Barely peeks above the trees
The wind is howling, howling
Howling long way from a breeze
I can’t help but feel so paranoid
With it all whirling round me
That’s why the Greeks made gods in the stars and
Joan of Arc burned for free

The highway signs quiver
Throwing phantom lines
Bumps in the pavement throw my chassis around
Playing tricks upon my mind
It’s late October now and don’t you know
I hear the howls and cries of demons and wolves as
Gods and men hold each other intent on
Being the last to fall

Working on a working title
For the last song you sang
Speeding along the pot-holed ground
Outrunning the ghosts and the pain
Born of occupier’s blood
I must inhabituate in the flood as though
I watch myself from myself
I see it’s not good and good is not enough

When something ain’t right
Something in the air
You’re burning through gas that’s
Eating the cash you don’t have
But you don’t care
Cause there’s something bigger than you
Might be a comfort if only it didn’t
Make the hair on your neck stand up and
Catch you when you’re down and lonely

See the eyes that shine
They look so alive
What more could you want
From a death such as time

Well it’s one eye over your shoulder and
One hand on your heart
One chance to get it right after you’ve rehearsed the part
But you don’t have to say
That you’re bound to fail
When the devil’s got you by the tail
No you don’t have to say
When you’re bound to fail
That old devil’s got you by the tail

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from Hophorn Hornbeam, released August 28, 2020

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