Stepping from the shelter of the shadows
Out into the unrelenting light
You feel the weight of each furtive glance
And you raise your face, and begin your dance
Category: Music
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You’ll Still Be There (Lyrics)
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Josie (Lyrics)
Josie can’t sing, but she sure knows how to smile
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Josie can’t sing, but she sure knows how to smile
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Footsteps in the Hall (Lyrics)
As they lay her in the ground
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And the priest begins to pray
I raise my head and look around
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Liner Notes Follow-Up: “In the Right,” In the World
Since I published the liner notes for “In the Right,” I’ve somewhat surprisingly run into a couple things that seem related.
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Liner Notes: In the Right
Photo by Majestic Lukas on Unsplash “In the Right” was the first song I wrote after a years-long — possibly decades-long — hiatus.
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In the Right (Lyrics)
He was in the right
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She was in the wrong
And though he won the fight
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Liner Notes: Long Shadow
Photo by sErgio mOreira on Unsplash I’m happy with the new album, but there are four or five songs that I’m particularly pleased with. “Long Shadow” is one of them.
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Strip (Lyrics)
Strip me of immortality
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Say religion’s just a drug
It should be swept under the rug of reality
Strip me of immortality
Give me meaningless devotion
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Liner Notes: Strip
When Harold and Doug approached me about releasing and recording old songs from the band, I was torn about the idea. “Strip” illustrates the main reason for that.
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