In bed with the flu nearly all week, and lord knows there's not much left of this voice. Spent less than an hour writing this song, less than an hour recording it, but you know? It's not bad. Also: not the first time nor the last time we've heard or will hear the stomp/clap sample from M Snow's now legendary "No Money" ...
lyrics
I look inside
My heart of hearts
Pray for strength
I haven’t got
I see my soul
All stained in ink
The vows I made
From which I shrink
I spoke those words
As soft as snakes
Might as well have roared
As earth will quake
For deeds once done
Will surely out
Will leave their mark
I have no doubt
I walk these streets
In the suit of a free man
Nobody sees
I’ll pay no fee, man
I can’t escape
These secret cages
I’ll never spend
These stolen wages
Stood at the fork
Of a road well-traveled
Chose passing poor
And my life unraveled
On the edge of night
Where a man gets tested
I met my demons
Found myself bested
I hear the hounds
Not yet at bay
But still I walk
Cold light of day
Is the stain less black
That no one sees
Or does the pain run deeper
That’s sole for me?
I walk these streets
In the suit of a free man
Nobody sees
I’ll pay no fee, man
I can’t escape
These secret cages
I’ll never spend
These stolen wages
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