This song took me six months to write. I wrote the first verse in about five minutes, and then sat on it for along time before I started adding words that I actually liked. During the first verse I had a picture in my head of a woman in a saloon in the western half of the country that was consoling herself over a man that had broken her heart, yet whom she still loves. Once the story took shape, it became about a woman who seeks vengeance on men that treat women in the worst of ways, and in the end she kills the man who broke her heart. In my mind he had harmed her physically while continually attempting to win her back. While the character in this tune is very fictional, she is based on a woman that is very dear to my heart.
Lyrics:
A sea of petals lost from he loves me he loves me not
The doors swing both ways, letting in the weather, and a lover, she’d left twice before
And the old time bomb ticks away the seconds to this disaster
She stands so tall
In the midst of men who think
That sober blood
Will save their souls
Well this rain could drown this whole dang town
But her eyes still force the strong to weep
When the lights burn out, and the streets go dark
Her love will force grown men to bleed
The shine of metal greets him on the walkway to this encounter
And the rose begins to wither, dying at the doorstep, to his dismay
So he bows his head in silence as the last chapter is told
She stands so tall
In the midst of men who think
That shallow love
Will save their souls
Well this rain could drown this whole dang town
But her eyes still force the strong to weep
When the lights burn out, and the streets go dark
Her love will force grown men to bleed
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Chris Hernandez – Acoustic guitar and lead vocals
Melissa Davaz – Keys and vocals
Aaron Owens – Kickin’ Drums
Jesse Hughey – Noise, electric guitar, and vocals
Danny Jones – Bass
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-Chris
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