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how I lost my fear of hell

from Sideways Living by Willard Cody

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the fountain is empty
I have no more words
I was cast from the palace grounds
and there ain't nothing for the pain
'cept God's own medicine
thank the lord for opium

I was thrown from the lifeboat
I was dragged ashore
shipwrecked in a distant land
and there ain't nothing for the pain
'cept God's own medicine
thank the lord for opium

now bring me my cup
my knife and my spoon
paint me a new coat of arms
I will treat my own tears as if they were diamonds
write the words with the blood of my heart

like castles in the wind
these words will endure
underlined with blood on the wall
and the hills and the valleys
will know the true tale
how I lost my fear of hell

I'm a slave to my senses
I'm gridlocked in time
while the big bass drums repeat
there are doors and windows I cannot unlock
and their shadows stretch out over me

there's one great fire
left in these ashes
I'll turn this grave into a well
and one day I'll write a song
about how I lost my fear of hell

oh lord let my life
not be lived in vain
give me one great legend to tell
of grey urban jungles
and emerald cities
all tracing the arc of my fall

now bring me my cup
my knife and my spoon
paint me a new coat of arms
I will treat my own tears as if they were diamonds
write the words with the blood of my heart

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from Sideways Living, released September 23, 2016

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