I used to know where the line was, how far I’d go.
I thought that the head could rule the heart. What did I know?
I loved with the fierce abandon of a river in flood,
And woke to the world imagined, swallowed by ashes and mud.
Where is the light of a new day when hope’s gone to ground?
And who’s to blame for the hard rain when it’s coming down?
It shouldn’t surprise me to find you here, tried and untrue.
It wouldn’t surprise me to find myself, black and blue.
Now pretty words won’t return you when the trust has fled,
And you can’t take back all the cruelest cuts better left unsaid.
Where is the light of a new day when hope’s gone to ground?
And who’s to blame for the hard rain when it’s coming down?
Who can say they’ve kept every promise they’ve made,
But I’ve always been true to the ones I made you.
Now, who are you to judge me when you’ve never traveled this road?
It wouldn’t be such a struggle with love to lighten the load.
But love is never enough, you tell me every day,
And now you’ve got the last word and you’ve got nothing left to say.
Where is the light of a new day when hope’s gone to ground?
And who’s to blame for the hard rain when it’s coming down?
Where is the light of a new day when hope’s gone to ground?
And who’s to blame for the hard rain when it’s coming down?
When it’s coming down…
It’s coming down.
credits
from Elemental,
released October 21, 2015
Trinity Demask: lead vocal, acoustic guitar, high strung guitar, and percussion
Sean Gill: bass, djembe, and sound design
Dave Cole: harmonica
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