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It's a Long Road Home
02:44
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Time stood still that fateful morn
I saw the fire through the thorns
A million faces filled with scorn
In warning of the coming storm
It’s a long road home
It’s a long road home
O sweet angel
Take me home
They spilt my blood upon the stone
And stripped my flesh down to the bone
Destroyed my crown and burnt my throne
And left me here to drift alone
It’s a long road home
It’s a long road home
O sweet angel
Take me home
Cast adrift the crimson river
Where deathly voices softly whisper
Where poison serpents sneak and slither
And all good things just die and wither
It’s a long road home
It’s a long road home
O sweet angel
Take me home
This worst of trials seem without end
I know not who is foe nor friend
I’ve nothing left to pawn or spend
Eternity’s around the bend
It’s a long road home
It’s a long road home
O sweet angel
Take me home
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Loved / Neglected
03:05
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The boats float down a Venetian scene
Through the tapestries of memories in my dreams
Just as we were lovers long before the fall
Time degrades and crumbles ‘til there’s nothing left at all
All the times we kissed
All the times we fought
All the things we loved
All the things we sought
Now they’re abandoned, it’s all gone to rot
Loved, neglected, and then forgot
From the stormy sea to the farthest shore
Once what meant my freedom means nothing anymore
How was I to realise my conscience was in vain
Passion’s cry inflicted this needless pain
All the times we kissed
All the times we fought
All the things we loved
All the things we sought
Now they’re abandoned, it’s all gone to rot
Loved, neglected, and then forgot
Sorrow reigns eternal and it reigns alone
One day I’ll get used to being back on my own
The pictures of your face will leave vaults of my mind
I’ll search and try to bring them back with nothing left to find
All the times we kissed
All the times we fought
All the things we loved
All the things we sought
Now they’re abandoned, it’s all gone to rot
Loved, neglected, and then forgot
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Bright as the morning star
That is what you are
Bright as the morning star
That is what you are
If you’d only learned your lesson
Boy you could have gone so far
Lies upon lies
That is all you say
Lies upon lies
That is all you say
You can beg scream and shout
Doesn’t mean you’ll ever get your own way
You fell from grace
Don’t think you’re ever gonna get it back
You fell from grace
Don’t think you're ever gonna get it back
You should know your place
Empathy is not what I lack
You say you need my love
You say you need my love to live
You say you need my love
You say you need my love to live
Well your head is like a sieve babe
I gave all the love I had to give
As sure as the sun will rise
As sure as the starlings sing
As sure as the sun will rise
As sure as the starlings sing
Everything that once was good
Never amounts to anything
Bright as the morning star
That is what you are
Bright as the morning star
That is what you are
If you’d only learned your lesson
Boy you could have gone so far
Boy you could have gone so far
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4. |
The Story of a Woman
05:01
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You’ll find her on the silken sand
Her windswept hair damp from the sea
A silver piece clasped in her hand
A silver piece to set her free
You’ll find her in a uniform
In the service of some swine
Standing amongst kings and queens
Shucking oysters, pouring wine
This is the story of a woman
She’s walked the earth, she’s crossed the sea
She’s been a saint, she’s been a sinner
She’s been around for an eternity
You’ll find her on the verdant plane
Resplendent in the golden sun
The grass still beaded with cool rain
Her fertile womb soon to bear a son
You’ll find her in a booth at night
Where men and women stop and stare
Her flesh turned crimson by the light
Her mind a million miles away
This is the story of a woman
She’s walked the earth, she’s crossed the sea
She’s been a saint, she’s been a sinner
She’s been around for an eternity
You’ll find her in the pantheon
In alabaster carved by man
Eternally set in the stone
Her beauty there since time began
You’ll find her travelling on the metro
In starched white shirt and business wear
Her soul the same from long ago
Her conscience clear and unaware
This is the story of a woman
She’s walked the earth, she’s crossed the sea
She’s been a saint, she’s been a sinner
She’s been around for an eternity
Under stars and cypress trees
Tonight she will be reborn
She’ll wash your feet and tend your wounds
And strip you of your crown of thorns
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Neil Matthew Fox Edinburgh, UK
Neil Matthew Fox is a Fife-based singer-songwriter, melding the folky styles and dark lyrics of Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Bob Dylan and The Dubliners with intricate finger-picked guitar.
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