Cigarette Vigil

from Faded by The Cranberry Isles

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The days are slow and lengthening now that March has run its course. Life picks the whip up and it beats a bleeding house. The wood in the neck of all of these guitars bends and cracks with the heat and the cold, just like a change in seasons can break a man's soul. I'd sell mine to the devil, if I believed that I had one, for a life of chasing tall tales like a bandit on the run and afterwards I'd spend forever eating fire. But my prayers come back empty, maybe I'm not blessed. I'll just lay my head back and I'll try to get some rest.
I once had a friend that I dearly loved, but the vultures swooped and drank all of his blood. Then a hawk with red wings carried him away. I felt those same talons in my back; they lifted me up without a single scratch. Now I'm broke like a record and tearing holes in my shoes but after a few I can't tell Red from Blue. My gaslight stays on burning like the North Star. I follow it home every single time but the needle is laying down looking like it's going to die.
Now we don't see unless it's through a cloud of smoke. Pour some poison on my tongue. It's a cigarette vigil to when we were fast and young.
Now we won't dance unless the powder is pure. The more whiskey the more fun. Someday we'll figure this out but for now let's just run.
The day's are slow and lengthening now that March has run its course. Life picks the whip up and it beats a bleeding horse.

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from Faded, released September 24, 2013
Andy, Beacher, Mike, Sean

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