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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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jon is a normal guy who is a clerk at a normal type of store. he likes new age music and the beach. he has long hair, for now, but that could change, for instance if his hair were to get burned on the stove. that can happen at any time. he plays music.

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