Isn’t this. . . the end of the world?
Can’t you see the setting sun?
Didn’t know, the birth of this girl—
Would cost all the false idols that you’ve won?
Where does she go now?
Into whose arms does she run?
Can we balance ‘somehow’?
While we unravel and come undone.
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It whispers, the promise you made me,
It beckons, the safe harbor that you drew.
It contends, this dream was given for free,
But I know, the ransom’s coming due.
This haven you told me was sacred,
A place where we could survive.
Where love could trade places with hatred,
But if I stay, if I stay, if I stay—
—I’ll never leave here alive.
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Mamma, don’t you dare—say a prayer—for me.
No cross can numb the weight of your sin.
Mamma, I don’t care if you’re fit to bleed,
Forge or sword, I’ll seal your way in. . .
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It whispers, the promise you made me. . .
It beckons, the safe harbor that you drew.
It contends, this dream was given for free. . .
But I know, the ransom’s coming due.
This haven you told me was sacred,
A place where we could survive.
Where love could trade places with hatred,
But if I stay, if I stay, if I stay—
—I’ll never leave here alive.
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Let me go. . .
Let me go. . .
Let me go. . .
Let me live. . .
In the end it’s all over anyway.
In the end, I’ll move the way I need to.
In the end, the Piper will pay,
In the end, I’ll follow what’s true. . .
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This haven you told me was mine to hold,
The place where I could thrive.
Where lies were all the thruths that you told,
I won’t stay, I won’t stay, I won’t stay,
I won’t stay. . .
—How do I get out alive?
© Evans/Glatthorn. All Rights Reserved.
Music & Lyrics by Shannon Denise Evans
Musical Arrangements by Shannon Denise Evans & Dylan Glatthorn
Produced by Alex Venguer, Shannon Denise Evans and Dylan Glatthorn
Additional Vocal Production by Andrea Green
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Lead Vocals by Shannon Denise Evans
Cello Arrangement by Alex Venguer
Guitar by Paul Maddison
Bass by Jeff Koch
Drums by Andy Rinn Martinek
Synth & Programming by Andy Rinn Martinek
Piano, Synth & Wurlitzer by Dylan Glatthorn
Cello by Marta Bagratuni
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Venguer
Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York, NY
Assistant Engineering by Dan Fyfe
Additional Recording at 2nd Story Sound in New York, NY
Mixed at Ootermind Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ