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Waking the Dead

from What the Night Was For by Summer Russell

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The bells in the churchyard
Called out the time
As it slipped away over the lawn
How can I be so much older tonight
Than I was when they rang at dawn?

I think of the bells that rang
When I was small
The candles and books
And the bells of Saint Paul
And to my surprise I feel nothing at all

And I know the secret now
I think that I finally do
It was all in my head
And you can't wake the dead
And the time that is running
Will always be outrunning you

I walked down the street
With a song in my brain
That they played on the night I met you
But I don't wear my hair
The same way I did then
And the memories seem out of tune

You left all your photographs
Out in the hall
There are so many details
I wish I recalled
But to my surprise I feel nothing at all

And I know the secret now
I think that I finally do
It was all in my head
And you can't wake the dead
And the time that is running
Will always be outrunning you


We tried to pretend
As if nothing had changed
The last time I came to your door
We both closed our eyes
And held on for a while
Til the phone rang, and you had to go

I thought of the shadows
Concealed in the walls
I thought of the climb
And I thought of the fall
And I told myself I felt nothing at all

And I know the secret now
I think that I finally do
It was all in my head
And you can't wake the dead
And the time that is running
Will always be outrunning you

And love is a temple,
And love conquers all
And love is a tower
That's not supposed to fall
So why do we have
So much trouble admitting
That all that it takes
Is two people forgetting?

And I know the secret now
I think that I finally do
It was all in my head
And you can't wake the dead
And the time that is running
Will always be outrunning

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from What the Night Was For, released May 1, 2020

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