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The Open

from Bough by Jon Atkins

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In a little while I am planning a great escape,
To the world right behind the holy gates.
Give me a little time, my heart is going to need to break.
And the pieces that define their shape fall into place.

That's alright, honey.
It all takes time.
And all I've got to give,
Is from the one who gave to me.
My family deserves to be free.

So I shook the hands of,
All I knew and loved,
And walked away,
Toward the infinite change,
Of the open.

Though I may be absent, when I pray and send you,
A loving thought through the filter of God,
You will feel it.

As for the kitchen tile, once cold and up against my cheek,
And the one with the sideways stance bearing down on me.
They said, "You better get up, this place is going to keep you down."
To the hero in the back of my head, help me out.

That's alright, honey.
It all takes time.
And all I've got to give,
Is from the one who gave to me.
My family deserves to be free.

Here we are.
I haven't seen you in quite some time,
But there you are,
You should be dead but you are still alive.
Save your breath it does not matter now.
What I sought to find I have not found.

So I shook the hands of,
All I knew and loved,
And walked away,
Toward the infinite change,
Of the open.

Though I may be absent, when I pray and send you,
A loving thought through the filter of God,
You will feel it.

So feel it.

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from Bough, released February 3, 2012

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