Covenant

by Brigadier

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I am a man of constant sorrow, but no regret shall take my heart
for I am far too eager to forget you, it will be harder to repress, m'dear
for with your shadow haunting my each and every step
I will take great strides against this current
when I am sober I have wept, I shall weep

no longer am I slave to Ezra's scripture
no sense in selling prophets when I have percocet
you're far too eager to confess, m'dear
we'll take a grain of salt, your so-so lover - he never meant to
caress her skin, with dirt, like Berakhah dreamt
when I'm not sober, I appear - though I am not sober, I am here

my mother's quite content to bite this bullet, she'll sit at home and watch T.V
she'll disregard the life I lead, the man I'll be, she drinks alone with no control
my father's quite content to sleep alone, though never at home
(to die alone is all that we shall ever know)

it's been too long to say the least, my shadow
you've followed me for - darling - much too long
what's never done and said, I'll say goodbye
I said, I only said so long
I never said we'd say goodbye, m'dear
I never said, I only said..

because you and I are kept and groomed to be the very best
we'll sing sad songs of dirty love, of death & all the rest
for now my time has come to say goodbye, to say so long
my time has come to form a covenant

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released May 25, 2013
Thom - Hoots/Howls/Strums

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Brigadier Wellington, New Zealand

Humdinger,
folk singer.

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