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Fuel the Lights

by Devil Met Contention

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1.
Before the Horse Dead leaves on the ground Your hands on my skin Leave the Lights on Come right in… It doesn’t really matter No, I don’t really care Noise from the front room It isn’t really there Some things just happen, They change the course. Love seems so foolish The carts Before the Horse I’m tired but patient Lost but it’s alright Dark out on this back porch, Can I stay here the night? Forgot it’s not over Don’t cling to the past Breathe up salvation If it could ever last Some things just happen, They change the course. Love seems so foolish The carts Before the Horse How’d I get this lonely? Could I blame you? That sounds too easy To ever be called true… Some things just happen, They change the course. Love seems so foolish The carts Before the Horse
2.
Used to Be 04:12
Used to Be Started from a prophecy of she Mama told daddy, gonna have me Two more kids like the dust and the wind arrived every three In the strange north woods Every season that we could stayed wild and free Life’s not a line you’re gonna find Driving or dreaming… Sure I’d miss the old time comfort of the Michigan line Taking haste with the travel over dirt and gravel to The southwest sky Under beating heart sun memorize each one Remember me by He and his wife work in young hearted country It’s so hard sometimes… Now I miss you more and more Nothing like it was before Or how, It Used to Be Now I miss you more and more Nothing like it was before Or how, It Used to Be Last I heard, they’d struggled and stirred In the Midwest heartland Graveyards afar, hearts with scars, mines buried in the sand Love comes and goes, it’s like the white of the snow Till the springtime cries Each set of lives tighten up your fists, and wets your eyes… Now I miss you more and more Nothing like it was before Or how, It Used to Be Now I miss you more and more Nothing like it was before Or how, It Used to Be
3.
Burn that Bridge Run home, tell your Pa The moons is high, hop the wall Through the pass, its clear as glass Cross the light Up, down, the river drowned Plenty kin from all around Look live and hold steady Fuel the lights Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna start that fire and I’ll watch it all Burn down… Weak and old to the boat Patch the holes so we will float Don’t leave the kids it’s time to go It’s come to this Cutting pines they’re filling up In the waves, in each sup Smell of sentence, smoke and fear You take a dram of luck Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna start that fire and I’ll watch it all Burn down… That silver lining, high above Dropping rain, its hitting rough Down the line, don't look back Tomorrow almost here To and fro, in a moat Trapped abandon, a cold wet coat Crack a smile, hands grasp Wait a while Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna burn that bridge when I cross it... Gonna start that fire and I’ll watch it All Burn down… Burn down… Burn down…
4.
Ferguson 03:08
Ferguson In Ferguson Missouri Shot down in the street Laid Mike Brown down, surely He’ll never get to his feet Twelve shots rang out and chasing To halt, or maim, or kill Black luck in Missouri At the seams it doesn’t spill Suspicion found two walkers They matched convenience crime Pursue if need pursuing Down hell and Earth’s fine line Brought to the grand jury Each side they spoke, each side they sought A Justice blind, A Justice truthful The law is fair they thought Lines blur time ensuing The day the verdict dropped Tears fall no conviction Away Wilson did walk Now Fergusons in ash and flame Newscasters they flock To fan the fire of one man’s name Until the next ones shot The next ones shot…
5.
Die Easy 03:33
Die Easy Away my outstretched fingers Hush now, hush now, be still, be true Upon my lips do linger A name a name, all but gone I could die easy… I could die easy… I could die easy, In that bed Rags and rich, we’ve paid our due Two hearts beating like raging drums At last at last this sleep is though Sometimes kisses they don’t come true I could die easy… I could die easy… I could die easy, In that bed Never felt much stranger The room, the room it’s nearly dawn Wax and wane, this time stands still But to forget it’s never so simple I could die easy… I could die easy… I could die easy, In that bed
6.
Dark on the Horizon Where have you been in such a while? Seems like so much time has passed One thing I learned in this life days come, But they never seem to last Wherever you are I hope you’re warm Got shelter from the wind and the storm Things that look darkest on the Horizon, There always brighter in the morning Play that song again before you go It’s late but I know there is time Play that song again before you go It’s late but I know there is time I’m plagued with vague uncertainty The words they always manage to interrupt I can’t tell if it’s too late for me to cry Is it too soon to give it up?! Its quiet now, the night it stopped Lights burn bronze and low They packed up all of their instruments But that wasn’t the end of the show Play that song again before you go It’s late but I know there is time Play that song again before you go It’s late but I know there is time
7.
Thunder & Lightning Thunder and lighting, don’t say a word It’s better to be quiet, than seen or heard I know it’s been, it’s been quite a while But the nights getting light, and I like your smile I heard your man he’s got a real big fast car Money and a face even meaner than his scars If you don’t mind, my hands ain’t clean I could take you home, you just what I need I’ve got this job and it suits me fine But that switchblade kiss goodnight Ain’t exactly what I’m buying Bout’ a year ago, I blew straight through this town Too dumb young and quick to leave you safe or sound I’ve got big plans, I’m gonna get our future straight I know you might not like it and its getting so late I found this guy he says, “Son I think I could put you up, When the riding gets tough, things are going to get a little bit rough.” People say things like this they, never work out Life it spit me up, life it shot me out Looking up, at that great big blue sky Last words on my lips, thunder and lightning in my In my eye…
8.
Interlude 01:25
9.
Holy Ranger 04:12
Holy Ranger May the wind be at your back as you stay on track Gone too soon under swamp sick moon Cryin’ rivers for miles, with no choice but to smile So you load up light through the fog you make your flight What did you dream when the sun went down? Great lake cold, north wind bound Up from Indiana, now you’re walking from Tennessee Over river flowing where the water meets the sea I bet its country for miles beyond trail and trial No! The Earth it roars, the rain it’s always pouring down Don’t you go walking through town I heard its ravaged and drowned Where lighting strikes, not once, but twice What did you dream when the sun went down? Great lake cold, north wind bound Up from Indiana, now you’re walking from Tennessee Down at the bottom of the ocean that’s where you’ll be finding me Why the shakedown? I thought that we were friends Life’s some unreliable maze with no foreseeable end My brains a-bleeding don’t think I’m ever going to understand Whys everything gotta turn out this way?! Whys everything gotta turn out this way?! Whys everything gotta turn out this way?

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released June 28, 2016

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