Hey all :)
I'm back this week for HIVE open mic 24 with a song called Glory by Hayden Karcher The Hill Country Devil.
I was on vacation last week and didn't get a chance to make a video for the Spirit themed week.If I had done this might well have been the song I picked.
That being said we can see the themes of all 3 of the most recent open mic weeks in this one song ,Death,Spirit,Rebirth I fell this song could fit all those themes.
This was the first song I ever played for the Steemit open contest way back in February of 2018.I thought it would be fitting to play it for the Rebirth week since this new channel is kind of about me going through my own rebirth process so I thought why not go back to the beginning and to the song I started with?
"Glory"
Hill Country Devil
The tortured howls of a motel ghost
And the worshiped songs of a well-worn throat
All cradle me as I waste alone
On a fool's gold throne
With my troubles all in tow
It's $86 upfront for the key
Tack on a hundred for the company
It's on my dime, but she holds me tight
We fuck all night
For a moment I'm alright
Home is where I ought to be
Out in the gentle country breeze with my family
But cold in a casket I lie
Bare knuckle boxing polished wood and I've grown so tired
I've grown so tired
The rounders shine their sawtooth grins
With every page I burn for them
As I sign myself away to grieve
Through bloodstained sleeves
In the ashes of my needs
As I stand within a makeshift ring
Of follies, lies, and broken things
And I shout and howl and I cry and I sing
Counting blessings down
Crossing the X's of my doubts
Oh Glory won't lay her hands on me
Oh how it used to break me down but I'm finding peace
Lord knows I cannot look back now
So I try and swallow pride but it's awful going down
It's so awful going down
So awful going down...
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