Albatross

from The Soar Before E.P by Mark Stoney

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Albatross

My Heart was cast to greener grass
There in your garden walls
I laid my plans to trade my hand
And answer to your call

was heading for your warmer shores
there on my sinking ship
I raised the mast to race my past
Your name upon my lips

there in the storms, illusions formed
Around my guiding stars
the sirens call, they tug and pull
on the strings of wounded hearts

Then I saw the trail of second chances lying wasted in my wake
And saw that every heart I’d ever held I’d never failed to break
Forsaking grace for shame, I sailed away, and became a drifting wreck
with the saviours cross an albatross to hang around my neck.

Now I’m lost in a tempest
I’m Drowning in doubt
Tossed by the rapids
My last hope devoured
My will has surrendered
My soul enslaved
To the raging waves

Because I stopped believing it could change
Because I stopped believing it could change
Because I stopped believing it could change
Because I stopped believing it could change

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from The Soar Before E.P, released November 15, 2011
Written, performed & produced by Mark Stoney

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Mark Stoney Sheffield, UK

Sheffield based Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, general noise maker. lover, fighter, procrastinator.
Former Bobby Jealousy singer/guitarist.

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