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Persephone

by Greyhands

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Walking the streets at night It’s at your shoulder Waiting for now To follow you home It’s like a black dog It fades like a mist It only knocks once And leaves like it’s always gone I know I saw it once The streetlights went out One by one As it walked by It came up beside me I could hardly breathe But I felt it stare When it said to me: “What you know may carry you But what you love will bury you And sit howling at your grave In the soft morning light...” Yeah, I am followed By a big black dog...
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She sat alone across the room And the plainest girl spoke beautiful truths If there is silence beyond our ringing ears We wouldn’t hear it anyway If we were masters of our destinies We wouldn’t leave here anyway If we had all the riches that ever were We couldn’t spend them anyway If there is silence beyond our ringing ears We wouldn’t hear it anyway Anyway And I can see her lips make words But I can’t hear, they talk over her Nobody listens anyway...
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The night I saw the silent wild white horses The town was in the square Everyone but me In the desert night The came like ghosts White from black To drink water No one would believe what I felt When they saw me they ran...
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O my September O my Judas You turn me into embers That soon cool into ash You know this bird will rise They bow their heads with eyes closed The pilgrims as they pray But Lord, my eyes are open To see you light the way Lord guide me by your light Fear and doubt surround me But I will not let go Wolves may chase and hound me But I will not let go I’ll never let You go O my dear lost friend O my counsel You to be your own end I’d not lose you as well Have hope and use your time O my September O your headstone The dead do not remember I’m haunted now alone Dear friend, now be at peace O my September O my God How you cool my temper And float me through this flood Now heal me from this fire
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And the leaves kept falling Like the trees didn’t care if the world went grey Now autumn is over
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The days grow darker and the sun only sets Lungs only empty and we can’t draw breath Eternal sleeping but we cannot rest Persephone dances with the Lord of Death Such faithful bridegroom, yes he treats her well Life springs eternal in the depths of Hell Arms of another, we are left bereft Persephone dances with the Lord of Death No hope now Persephone We lost our Persephone Death is with Persephone Death without Persephone...
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I am the boy who Carried the world on His shoulders... I feel the weight in My arms and it flows Into my chest... The weight turns to a stone in my heart It stymies my blood and I grow weak This time I’m not strong enough I can’t be the one to see us through...
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Bring me my skeleton Let it rattle and dance Teeth and nails, fall apart Free at last, free at last Let my soul breathe the air The air my body left Let it fill itself and be full Burdened by body no more Bring me my skeleton... Bring me my skeleton Let me lay beside it And reminisce all the days The days we never spent Bring me my skeleton... Let the earth collapse in on itself Let the earth collapse All must end, all must end And all must come to rest Bring me my skeleton Let it rattle and dance Teeth and nails, fall apart Free at last, free at last Bring me my skeleton...
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Spring 05:08
Black out your windows Board up your doors You can’t stop the sunlight Spilling out across the floor because Spring is breaking through the surface I’d been sleeping Sleeping far too long Before I heard the birds come out And call their morning song and saw that Spring was breaking through the surface...

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released May 29, 2020

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Greyhands Adelaide, Australia

Greyhands is the acoustic project of Adelaide artist JC Finlay. Taking influence from Death Cab For Cutie, Radiohead, Animal Collective, and Leonard Cohen, Greyhands seeks to create unique acoustic music that is both raw and emotionally honest.

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