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written by me and Shawn on November 11, 1997. One of two songs Shawn and I wrote together before he died. I recorded this version last year for his 20th Deathiversary.

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I said, "This picture of you can't be red
This fissure of fear can't be fed"
She said, "I'll hold you until this dream ends"
A pillar of rock to defend
A vision of hell not to be condemned
I know I can find my way back home
Through mountains and fires and through storms
To keep me alive and to keep me whole

She walks alone beside the sea
She can feel the waves crash along the beach
(And I ponder) "All I am and ever hope to be
Unwinds upon the words of a twisted fantasy"

I said, "I want you to remember me
To keep me alive in your soul
To picture me out on my own"
She said, "There's no one I'd want to be free
Then you if you'd open your soul to me"
She knows I can find my way back home
She shelters me safe from the storm
She keeps me alive and she keeps me warm

I hear her voice call me through the stars
She sings, "Heaven"
And I can see her face

I said, "It's good to be back in your arms
Away from the fires and the storms
I finally found my way home
It's good to be here and alive with you"

She walks with me beside the sea
We can feel the waves crash around our feet
(And I tell her) "All I am and ever hope to be
Is to spend my life here with you beside the sea"

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from Archive Volume Five: 1997, released November 23, 2021
music by Shawn Michael Walsh and Brad James Beske
lyrics by Brad James Beske
recorded at the uranium playpen

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Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more

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