One Little Death

from Fall Line by Hang the Lights

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We thought she'd save the world
One little death at a time.
Building blocks not of brick or stone;
Sanctuary we called home.

She was a light in a darkened land,
Queen of the alleys and contraband.
When it all came rushing down,
We watched our Whore lose her Golden Crown.

And the water came to rise,
Over her feet then up to her thighs.

Wave after wave, she could not tell,
they felt like her clientele.
Her mind went down a different path,
Her purpose would survive the aftermath.

And the water came to rise,
Over her feet then up to her thighs-
When the water came to stay
We folded hands, we started to pray.

She was relief to woman or man;
The petty thief or the artisan,
The servant’s wife, the butcher’s son,
All the degraded and unloved ones.

And the water came to rise,
Over her feet then up to her thighs-
When the water came to stay
We folded hands, we started to pray.

Oh we folded hands,
Oh we folded hands.

Last seen floating out to sea,
Our streetlight angel now history______

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from Fall Line, released December 21, 2014

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Hang the Lights Richmond, Virginia

Hang the Lights is a collaboration between writer, Alex Liverman, and musician/producer Joshua Camp. Their debut record, Fall Line, is a narrative of disaster, real and imagined and draws on Southern Gothic storytelling traditions.

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