Fault Lines

from Climbing Up The Chimney by Grimson

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Fault lines
Ask me again and I’ll try to refrain
from feeding you lies that I use to explain
When I’m meeting you here with my hands in the air
I’m not doing justice
I’m just doing what I can bear

Shaken awake to my gruesome mistake
The flames at my feet like a witch at the stake
You said “Tell us the truth, here’s your chance to deny”
But I couldn’t answer, much less look you back in the eye

I used you as my alibi
Said “there’s nothing to see, the real victim is me”
It’s just when i bare my soul, the world it bares its teeth

I hid from the fight like a little kid might
Cause words are so harmless: all tongue and no bite
Or so i had thought and then to my surprise
The sentiment lingered and festered inside

And then a blow to the head, and I fell to the side
A monument toppled, years of my life flashing by

Well I tried my best to cover it
But you cannot hide the depth of fault lines
When plates start to shake and it breaks the last straw in my spine

But an eye for an eye
You know what it does to your mind
Any song I could write
It’s only a pick in the ice
I’ll make my bed, there I shall lie
The graveyard I’ve passed by a thousand times
Out of sight, out of mind
The promise i make knowing I can’t make things right

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from Climbing Up The Chimney, released September 1, 2023
Drums by Chris Hill
All other instruments by Grimson

Mixed by Brian Trahan and Grimson
Mastered by Mark Fuller

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Grimson Berlin, Germany

From NYC - living in Berlin now. I write and animate videos for songs with lots of melodies. Hope you enjoy.

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