They say I’ll be alright, My eyes shut tight against the damage done
He says I’m easier than leaving her, or finding some new drug
See I’ve been willing like I’m ancient, bending yet to break
They say I’m healing But I’m feeling, like I’m wasting- away
Follow the sun and lift my eyes
Try to revive her, oh but she’s over my head,
she’s over my head and she’s drifting into the light
They say the sadness fades and day by day, the vessel fills back in
They say I’ll come to terms, I’ll live and learn- I’ll be myself again
But I’ve felt more or less a vapor capable of breath
Try to remember limb by limb, the girl you wasted – in wait
Follow the sun and lift my eyes, try to revive her, oh but
She’s over my head, she’s over my head And she’s drifting into the light
Bridge:
And I know more or less there maybe a way to keep from fading
if my bones can bear to stay
Live in between the lines
Believe in the brightest lie
They say, they say that I’m healing, but I’m feeling, like I’m
Drifting away, away, away, away, away, away, away, away
Follow the sun and lift my eyes, try to revive her, oh
But she’s over my head, she’s over my head And she’s drifting into the light
They say I'm healing, but I'm feeling
Like I'm never never coming back, never coming back
I gotta fade, I got faded
credits
from Brighter Days: Winter's End,
released March 20, 2019
Samantha Rise: music & lyrics, vocals, ukelele
Ryan Ptasnik: drums 7 percussion
John Stenger: Piano, Organ, Rhodes, Keyboards
Matt Davis: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar
Ken Pendergast, Upright and Electric Bass
Andy Keenan: Pedal Steel
Josh Lawrence: Trumpet
Brent White: Trombone
Mark Allen: Baritone Saxophone
Chris Kasper: Background Vocals
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