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RED RIVER
(Music and Lyrics by Matthew Causey)

I keep seeing you floating down the stairs
In white linen bedclothes and scarecrow hair
Silver-coated eyes, a hollow grin
Outside is a world built on corruption and sin

You can’t believe they’ve come for you
(the Red River is swollen)
Our dark night dangerous friends
(now dry)
Drape the veil across your eyes
(now swollen again)
And walk me down to the . . .

Red River is swollen, now dry, now swollen again
And I’m back on the shoreline
One foot stuck in the muddy water
One hand holds onto yours as the tides rise

Seems like everybody I ever known is here
They whisper to me a truth that is crystal clear
I float through the roof and up to the sky
Looking over our fields gone bone dry

You can’t believe they’ve come for me
(the Red River is swollen)
Our dark night dangerous friends
(now dry)
Drape the veil across my eyes
(now swollen again)
And walk me down to the . . .

Red River is swollen, now dry, now swollen again
(seems like everyone I’ve ever known is here)
And I’m back on the shoreline
(I keep seeing you floating down the stairs)
One foot stuck in the muddy water
(I float through the roof and up to the skies)
One hand holds onto yours as the tides rise
(the fields gone bone dry)

Red River is swollen, now dry, now swollen again
And I’m back on the shoreline
One foot stuck in the muddy water
One hand holds onto yours as the tides rise

(spoken)
In this house clouds hover over the rooms
Darkening our sleep
The roots of ancient and knotted trees break through the ground
Spreading up through the floorboards
The walls pour down rain
The windows smile
The doors unhinge
And the hallways twist

I felt you just outside
Breathing
My heart beating slowly
Flowing
You slide under the door
Appearing beside me
You reach for me
Disappearing

Your fragile spider hand runs through my hair
Pulling out
Dry lips crack open and forgotten words are sung
A drawing down
We embrace as shadows
They drape the veils across our skin
A kiss ripped in half
We descend

Each face comes near me brushing across in a gentle touch
Exhaling
The river swells and turns
Pulled under
Through red water a fractured sky rises
Shuddering
Breathing underneath
Washing away
A quick depth

Red River . . .

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from Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas, released July 8, 2013

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