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When You Were Stretched Out In Front Of Me

from Grief & Praise by The Whiskey Priest

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lyrics

There is a hat sitting on the waves
All by itself in the middle of the lake
Hidden in shadows of the mountain peak
Like some sad secret that they can’t help but keep
It has no way to make it back to the shore
It don’t belong to anyone anymore

But when you were stretched out in front of me
I belonged to everything

I heard a song back when I was a child
About a mansion in the midst of the wild
It had no doors, fences, windows, or walls
Had no driveway, had no address at all
That song rhymed words that my mouth couldn’t make
It had a rhythm that my feet couldn’t fake
As I got older it slipped away into dreams
As I got older it got harder and harder to sing

But when you were stretched out in front of me
I could sing anything

I wrote a book all alone in the dark
I had no fire, no flicker, no spark
I had no paper or pen
I wrote it in blood on the back of the wind
I wrote for one hundred nights
I wrote until my rivers ran dry
I wrote until my fingers felt frayed
And then I turned on the light and I looked down at what I’d made

But I’d just made a mess of it all
Made a tower just to watch it fall
Made up my mind - I made it up by myself
Now my hands are tied and I can’t make anything else

But when you were stretched out in front of me
We could make anything

credits

from Grief & Praise, released April 28, 2023
Parker Law: drums
Luke Phillips: percussion
Seth Woods: bass, keys and synths, omnichord, programming, electric and 12 string guitar, vocals

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The Whiskey Priest Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Whiskey Priest is song-writer Seth Woods. He sings about horses, oceans, trains, mountains, deities, hands, science fiction, sex, vegetation, drinking games, deserts, depression, party people, seagulls, death, monks, memory, autumn, driving, and breakfast. He has never met a drum machine he didn't like. ... more

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