In Babilone

from Ismene by Cincinnati Time Store

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(from "the gold carriers")

when He first saw me i was 23
a dime-store nihilist in borrowed burberry
i had my autumn fling and a flask of gin in the library

i was on my bike just passing through
i'd taken to riding around town just for something to do
saw the cd thrown down on este avenue:
"r&b hits: volume 2"

back then i didn't know what i wanted

they took me in, into the fold
to that house in the west that was their hidey-hole
they showed me the rites, yeah, and the bodies, yeah,
and the painting that they stole

it was sketch of Your form in the smoldering core
of a courthouse on fire, 1884
i am a thief and a liar and a boor
but You could make me so much more

just then it was all i wanted

i've done things that i'm not proud of
satan get behind me
i'm a villain and i want to go somewhere the truth won't find me
i've got nothing left to tell the others in my story:
see you all in hell.
keep a seat warm for me

so i can't say, was it luck or fate
that i had my old walkman in my bag that day?
pulled off the way, popped the cd in, pressed "play"

i saw the city in one glance as i'd never seen it before:
all the forests and factories completely transformed
God spirited me up, i was cut by the stars

i saw the moon meet the river, the towers meet the earth
and then He showed me His streets of Gold:
it was all that i ever wanted

i've done things that i'm not proud of
satan get behind me
i'm a villain and i want to go somewhere the truth won't find me
how can i face my friends and family?
i know they wouldn't get it
so i turn back to my former gods
and i ask them for forgiveness:

right now that is all i'm wanting.

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from Ismene, released December 29, 2015

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