Thursday 4 February 2021

The Last Song I'll Sing

 


The Last Song I'll Sing

Written by Scott Wainwright


The water was white with fury

The sky was red with fire

When I left the house of mourning

All joy removed, devoured


My face was awful downcast

My hands were clenched with fear

When I left the safety of my home

All strength removed, devoured


But this will be the last song I sing

About the pain I'm feeling


The earth quakes with birth pains

The grapes they are trod in wrath

When I left the arms of my wife

All hope removed, devoured


My clothes became a shroud

Every breath like shattered glass

With the tears of my children

All peace removed, devoured


But this will be the last song I sing

About the pain I'm feeling


Loves binds are draped upon me

The lambs feet now fleet before

When I rise from this turbulent slumber

All life abounding, rejoice


My head is lifted high

Barefoot I forward wander

To meet the king of Salem

All hope restored, rejoice


But this will be the last song I sing

About the pain I'm feeling


From the album 'Whispers from a Kind River'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/whispers-from-a-kind-river

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