I am the one with the chains and shakes in my bones.
The rain, in his wrath, casts stones in my path as I make my escape.
I’ve staggered for days so I break for a breath by the Lake With No Name,
And I wait for the lawman to come with the sound of the drum,
And his dumbfounded guns who all know what I’ve done.
I’ve returned to a town I once called my own just to watch it burn.
I fumbled around in the dirt and the death and I found what’s at stake.
It was you. It was you pulling me through.
There’s so many more…
I want to turn you in to the sun should it show.
I’ve been here for so long and I’m told I’ll be cold by the count.
I am the one with the face that glows in the black of the night,
Embraced by the smoke, so slowly it grows, as fast as it bites.
I’ve been shunned, I’ve been shamed, now I’m left to their aim,
By the Lake With No Name.
It was you. It was you pulling me through.
There’s so many more…
I want to turn you in…
I’ll be cold by the count.
I want to turn you in to the sun should it show.
I’ve been here for so long and I’m told I’ll be cold by the count.
credits
from Seven Storms,
released May 18, 2018
Vocals / Lyrics / Guitar: Brendan Mainville
Lap Steel / Organ / Synthesizer: Patrick Bennett
Bass / Glockenspiel / Trumpet: Hal Jaques
Drums: Blair Youngblut
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