Name: wasteland
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: This is a song loosely based on a friend of mine who would ask me to come over to his house when he was having acid flashbacks so that he could sleep. I guess I comforted him somehow...

wasteland

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This is the first of three albums that I did with Elijah Mosely at threshingfloor audio. We did this whole album on a Yamaha digital 12-track in an old warehouse he rented. The material on this album is probably some of my best. It is a testament to doing the best you can with what you have!

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This is a song loosely based on a friend of mine who would ask me to come over to his house when he was having acid flashbacks so that he could sleep. I guess I comforted him somehow...

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welcome to the wasteland of changed plans
where everything just fell through
welcome to the racetrack strewn with the broken backs
of men who just weren't strong enough

so lay your head upon this pillow
i'll be here if you want to sleep
i know you're tired of being alone
you'll be safe with me

welcome to the graveyard where the hollow people are
whose bodies smell of the earth
i can see the toothless grins of them skeletons that haunt you in the dark

welcome to the graceland of clean hands
where God has set us free
from all them empty,useless,vile things that once was attached to me

and i can see the cold hard chains nailed to a tree you set me free
and i can feel the warmth of His blood as i run through the stream
then my alarm clock rings

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from public radio by mark mathis, released February 15, 2005

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