And though I feel my time is over now,
I still want more than I’m allowed:
To feel the strangeness of belief,
The emptiness of sinking though I’m fast asleep.
Is there a paddle left to row?
Though my request withdrawn, I would like to know
Do demons show upon my face?
Are there lines there emblazoned that I can’t erase?
And though I falter every night I still try.
Have my actions left me blind?
I always want more because I want what’s mine.
And though the fires are rushing in,
I feel so cold I cannot begin
To tell you all the things I know
About the angels laughing and the world below
It doesn’t mean that much to me anyway.
I wish that there was some other way
To help all those that I could not save…
Don’t you see the angels know my name?
They circle ‘round my house in the pouring rain.
Oh please, do not let them in!
The fire cannot claim the soul within.
And though she lies upon the floor,
Her hand trying desperately to reach the door,
I cannot help but laugh inside because I’ve won.
credits
from And All Our Woe,
released May 19, 2014
Originally Recorded by Candy Warpop (Copyright 2012 Candy Warpop).
Joshua Chévere Cohen - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
William Boscoe Davenport - Eight String Bass Guitar
Dalton Joseph Davis - Viola, First Violin, Second Violin
Ave Sanchez - Piano
Anisa Marie - Drums
Music and Lyrics by Joshua Chévere Cohen
Produced and Recorded by William Boscoe Davenport & Joshua Chévere Cohen
Mixed By William Boscoe Davenport
Mastered by Cayce Andrew
Candy Warpop is Joshua Cohen's rock outfit. Transdecadence is their debut album released on August the First, Anno Domini Two Thousand and Thirteen. Pale Antique
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