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STONE GROOVE RECORDS - SGD226B

©2020 Beth Patterson/Speak Jolly Music BMI
℗2020 Stone Groove Records

Previously released on the album On Better Paths (SJM2122B).

lyrics

Now that I have become
A red giant in blazing autumn
The time is near, will I be justified
Before I am blamed and crucified?

When will these stars cross again?
In the afterlife they will form a constellation
As a public warning to mortal man
Of unrequited reconciliation

So here's to hoping
Here's to reading between the lines
Here's to searching
For any possible signs
Of cosmic justice
Through every lesson marked by scars
In vain, for there is only justice
In the stars

Those nearest to me in my wake
Will they be spared my apostasy?
Not pulled into my grand collapse
A dark dwarf of dramatic irony

I made my entrance with a big bang
Wholly narcissistic, lonely, and defiant
I will leave the system in great style
I have become a red giant

So here's to hoping
Here's to reading between the lines
Here's to searching
For any possible signs
Of cosmic justice
Through every lesson marked by scars
In vain, for there is only justice
In the stars...

Sentence unfinished
Chord unresolved
Martyr mistaken
Wretch unabsolved

Protest kept secret
Pain held inside
Question unanswered
Blessing denied

Now that I have become
A red giant in blazing autumn
The time is near, will I be recognized
Before I am blamed and ostracized?

The gravity of it presses me to earth
I want to lay me down in heavy surrender
For at the core, I am still Much-Afraid
Only justice can restore me to splendor

So here's to hoping
Here's to reading between the lines
Here's to searching
For any possible signs
Of cosmic justice
Through every lesson marked by scars
In vain, for there is only justice
In the stars...

credits

from Firebrand [comp​.​], released July 18, 2020
Words and music by Beth Patterson
©2009 Speak Jolly Music, BMI

Beth Patterson: lead and backing vocals, bouzouki, autoharp, bass bodhrán, indigenous flute, shaker, song pod
Tom Jenkins: fretless bass
Ron Keller: ocean drum

Cover layout, logo and title by Randy Michaud for FrameWerks Graphics
framewerks.deviantart.com

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Beth Patterson New Orleans, Louisiana

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Beth Patterson - a Louisiana player of the Irish bouzouki who easily crosses genre boundaries ranging from Irish to Cajun to Metal. She has performed in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Oceania & Asia. She has 7 solo albums & appearances on over 170 albums, soundtracks, videos, commercials & voice-overs. ... more

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