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Lyrics by Alec Seeley

Lantern's shining bright on this old rock like glass
If the mountain is my stranger, then the rubble is my past
And I will kick down the spires that were never meant to last
Meant to last

The wax it is spilling on the forest floor it bled
Do canopies scorn the marks, as they loom o'er my head
How tall are the trees when there is no light to shed
On their leaves

Don't turn your back on the sun when it sleeps
Don't lay on a blanket of thorns and curse when your body bleeds
Wild boys listen in on the words that you force through your teeth
Don't turn your back on the sun when it sleeps

Green gives way to grey and the stones mock my stride
I'm fumbling towards the peak, the wind gashed at my sides
There will be no graves to mark the travelers who will die
Who will die

I'm an ill-equipped climber, I've got nothing left to lose
So when this wick is finally spent, my medicine fails true
I will lay in this passage with the summit still in view
Still in view

Don't turn your back on the sun when it sleeps
Don't lay on a blanket of thorns and curse when your body bleeds
Wild boys listen in on the words that you force through your teeth
Don't turn your back on the sun when it sleeps

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from Creaking Oak (II), released May 15, 2016
Lyrics by Alec Seeley
Music by Creaking Oak

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Creaking Oak Minneapolis, Minnesota

Formed in 2010, Creaking Oak is a Minneapolis Folk & Americana trio consisting of Alec Seeley, Gretchen Weber, and Thomas Ebert. Seeley and Ebert released the group's first EP in the fall of 2013 and a year later, Gretchen joined the group to complete the line-up. The band released their first and final album together in the summer of 2016. ... more

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