Father Zosima

from Holy Gloom by Cloud Caverns

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I guess it's over now, ten years of sound
all drowned out by the flood of life
and passing crowds didn't help but to dig the knife in,
I'm moving south where I can clear my head awhile
And see the stars and see the sky on summer nights

and iron city will succumb to us tonight
and all you love will disappear by morning light
all the paper reads are unfamiliar headlines
all the trees and all their leaves will change in due time

I am overwhelmed.. that's what you say
about the way that I look now.
but I'm so sick and tired of everybody knowing just
what's best for me, what to believe as if my own thoughts,
were wiped clean when I dropped from class and tore down the cross.

and iron city will succumb to us tonight
and all you love will disappear by morning light
all the paper reads are unfamiliar headlines
everything you see will be mistaken for a good sign.

the oceans breeze will call you home, but no we won't go
the wind will taunt you to leave, but no I don't think so
we'll trade the deep blue sea for green as far as eyes can see
we'll trade our comfort for the iron city.
and trade our tattered clothes for those without a seam.
and trade our skin for hardened bark off the oak trees.
and wear it's moss and always look north, and always look home.
to where your ma and where your pa, they miss you so.
to where you learned of all of your wrongs and all of your rights
back on greenlawn ave. through all those snowy nights,
unwrapping gifts to shape your future and your life
although you didn't even know it at the time.
go trade your comfort for the iron city,
go trade your comfort for the city, and make it home.
go trade your comfort for the iron city,
go trade your comfort for the city, and make it home.

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from Holy Gloom, released June 17, 2016

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