The Tenth Song

from The Blue Eagle by Jason Guy Smiley

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lyrics

You were innocent
When the bullets flew
I’m sorry you had to endure
The way that I was abused
And it made me crazy
And it made me sad
You deserved more than I gave you
You deserved more than I had

You were my whole world
You were my everything
You were my morning sun
You were every evening
But I went away
And you were taken away
And now I’ve lost things
I can't bring myself to say

I’ll never be sure what happened
I’ll never know the truth
I could never make myself understand
What it's like to be you
It would take far too long
To count all the times
That you truly hurt me
Then made me apologize

You were my only thought
You were all I could see
In my search for you
All I lost was me
But you sent me away
So I pushed you away
And now I’ve lost things
I can't bring myself to say

Maybe I have been wrong in spending my nights pouring over words
Looking for an explanation as to why I have a werewolf heart
That turns wild beneath a full moon
Instead, perhaps I should use the sentences you mumble before waking
As a guide to the hollow beating in your chest
So I may search your arteries for a way
To stop having “I love you” mean “I’m sorry”

Perhaps a way out of this forest and back to you
Is graffitied in your pulmonary veins
If you see a wildfire ablaze in the distance
Know that I have sacrificed myself in a final grand attempt
To prove to you that I care.

But I went away
(You were my whole world)
And you were taken away
(You were my everything)
And now I’ve lost things
(You were my morning sun)
I can't bring myself to say

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from The Blue Eagle, released April 1, 2014
Jason Guy Smiley - Vocals/Rhythm Guitar/Bass
Anthony Stubelek - Lead Guitar/Classical Guitar/Synth
Jessica Holloway - Keys
Vince Jarocki - Drums
Lora Mathis - Spoken Word
Lydia Nichols - Additional Vocals

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Indie folk from Gainesville, FL.

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