Panic and Pride

from I Know There Is an Ocean by Alex P. Whyte

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Stopped counting my steps and fell off the edge of the world
I was caught by the angels of the under world.
You dived down in the ocean, pressed your knees to the floor
But my voice don’t sound like me no more.

A free man doesn’t think to escape
He’s tied down to the clouds beyond the pearly gate
You can read on his lips that he’s faking
His heart is longing to be taken.

I tuck my love into small spaces and wait
By the graces of gods who built me a stable I don’t know how to ride.
And from your shooting star, you’ll be looking down on love.
I’ve given up my panic and my pride.

There ain’t no use to plead with us now, we’d die again before we came back out
Believe I’d bleed for you if it meant something now
I’d cry for you in all your lonely hours

I tuck my love into small spaces and wait
By the graces of gods who built me a stable I don’t know how to ride.
And from your shooting star, you’ll be looking down on love.

I’ve given up my panic and my pride.

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from I Know There Is an Ocean, released August 30, 2012

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Alex P. Whyte Calgary, Alberta

Alex P. Whyte: guitar, vocals
Sheena Hozsko: bass
Anne Gauthier: drums

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Recorded and mixed by Heather Kirby
At Lincoln County Social Club, Toronto, 2012.
CD art by Sara Glaberson ... more

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