Rose In A Tomb

from Strange Gold by James Miles

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I'm not a man of constant sorrow
Nor a being of always bliss
All the scenes behind my eyes play out what I'd miss
Panoramic lives circling in a twist

While you're in your room, waiting there
Like a rose in a tomb beautiful and fair
Glowing in the gloom and the lonely air

In days past sullen words came from my throat
Oh brother I drifted like a drunken boat
My sails they stumbled east and my rudder west
Thrown around the seas I saw your wings outstretched

Under the moon, waiting there
Like a rose in a tomb beautiful and fair
Glowing in the gloom and the lonely air

I see the birds fly away in the evening
with their feathers sickly full of blues
I tried to believe it's not a ruse
You flicker as I sing, I could not stand to lose you

Under the moon, waiting there
Like a rose in a tomb, a ghost I swear
Glowing in the gloom and the lonely air

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from Strange Gold, released July 10, 2020

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