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Sky of No Stars

by John Galm

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1.
Great Grand 03:24
My great grandfather left himself in an elevator shaft passed out drunk after his shift at the bottom red brick building out of town that you drive passed everyday left a son to take his place, left a family in chains I share his name stumble up the stairs again, it’s another foggy day whiskey thicker than the shades that I pull at daybreak I share his name
2.
Call it a cross Been counting the days since you’ve been lost If there’s a God, damn, he’d better run Your body in black I shook all the hands as they came past Thanking me for all the things you’ve done And you’ve been gone for thirty five hundred days And I’ll keep on, though I won’t see you anyway The last time I saw you, your eyes with sewn shut with the blood stripped from your veins And you were so far away Some have said That there is a peace found in our dead But there was a sadness in your face You loved your God and now I hate mine just ‘cause Watching you fall was my fall from grace And you’ve been gone for thirty five hundred days And I’ll keep on, though I know it’s not the same The last time I saw you, my mother held tight to her children's hands and prayed And you were so far away And you’ve been gone for thirty five hundred days And I’ll keep on, though I know it’s not the same The last time I saw you, your hands were set tight to your chest so sound and safe And you were so far away
3.
Accident 00:56
Dusky roads You fell asleep on the drive home And you didn’t see the turn And off the road Your car it flips and it explodes They found you badly burned It was a terrible accident and now you’re buried in the ground But the love that you gave knows no bounds
4.
Find me a length of rope and a bridge Yeah, I’m an honest man I do right for my kids But sometimes, you’ve gotta go We’re gonna do this right Take it slow I know you’re scared you’re gonna die, but I’m going with you We’re gonna paint our bodies white and act like ghosts And when we’re floating in the sky We’re gonna scare the shit out of everyone
5.
Death #1 02:44
I am the smoke the brings the cancer to your lungs And I am the polyps in your throat And I am the shrapnel that kills every child of war And I am the makers of the drugs you can’t afford I am found in every part of life I am the sound that breaks the muscles in your ears And I am the screen that burns your eyes And I am the metal that took Hunter Thompson down And I am the pebbles that sent Kurt Cobain’s head all over his greenhouse And I am found in every part of life And that is fine I will be there when you die Because death is just another part of life
6.
The River 02:24
When I found you by the river, you were crying So I carried your weak body to the wash And I held you down until I felt you dying Then I buried you along the growing moss I found a stone to place upon the mountain Of mud and silt and skin that I just made Then I took off both my shoes and dug my feet in And my footsteps followed me home from your grave An engine screams above me and I cry Its whistle drug a dagger through the night When the police find what remains of your body They’ll follow the short path to my front door When the police find what remains of your body I’ll meet you where the world can’t hurt no more
7.
Where? 03:10
How many ghosts will run through my head tonight? And how many stars will burn out before my eyes? And where are you if there’s no paradise? And where are you if I feel your weight tonight? And where is God now? Where is God now? And who am I to question what he wants? And who am I to question anyone? And how many drinks ‘til I will get well? How many drinks until I’m killed? Where is God now? Where is God now?
8.
I’ve been seeing ghosts And I’ve been drinking everything in sight to soothe my mind It’s only getting worse I’ve been keeping names Of every ghost to try and ease some pain There’ve been one hundred and seven Doreen was the last And Morris was the first Emma was fifteen And Sandra was the worst Oh my God I’ve been seeing ghosts Last Saturday I swear I saw the most A record number eleven And I can’t go on These ghosts have come each day since you’ve been gone You must be waiting in heaven Evan next to last And Sara next to first Arthur was nineteen And came on like a curse Joseph thirty five And Thomas eighty first Laura’s here right now Run Run Run away

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released October 21, 2014

Recorded July 5th, 2014 by Ben Roth in Lancaster, PA

Mastered by Mike Fisher at Maniac Studios in August of 2014

Art by David Brandon Geeting

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