A midnight escape and a secret undertow — one last eye cast toward the Ely Sky.

Release date: April 2022
Credits:
jh0st — guitars, vocals
4catsncoffee — violin

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Never enough to know
that fireworks don’t always explode
40 days have passed us by
Left smoldering glowing skies

no one knows your early story…

Blessed be the creaking stair
warning you of all that you fear
Heavy breath and humid air
that swallows angels’ dusty prayers

No one knows your early story…
heard it through the open window
whispers in the form of curses

Floating on the Ely Sky
Beneath our backs dark water flows
Million stars and northern lights
witness your secret undertow

No one knows your early story…
heard it through the broken window
whispers in the form of curses

…already gone

Will you promise me just this:
steal the dollars hidden under

First you walk and then you run
turn to dust your father figure

Steal away on the midnight bus
connect the dots across the water

Save yourself and only you
One last eye to the Ely Sky…

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