hollis (they/them) currently studying classics and archaeology.
In comes the train and the whole platform shakes
It stops with a shudder and a screaming of brakes
The parting has come and my weary soul aches
I’m leaving my Nancy, oh
In the village of Kilgory, there’s a maiden young and fair
Her eyes shine like diamonds, she has long and golden hair
I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fallen in nineteen-sixteen
Well, I hope you died quick
And I hope you died clean
Or, young Willy McBride, was is it slow and obscene?
Drift down into the new dark light
Without any reservations
You found my breaking point
Congratulations
Spent too much of my life now trying to play fair
Throw my better self overboard, shoot at him when he comes up for airfrom Beat the Champ (2015)
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
Rip the flesh from your bones,
Wipe me down,
Drive me home
Dump me side of the road if I’m too annoying
I’ve been working on a unified theory
If I make it through tonight, everybody’s gonna hear me out
One day as I was closing my country music store
In came a red haired lady
She was all cried out and sore
She walked right in and grabbed me
Just right out of the blue
And said “I need someone to listen
And this someone will be you.”
Keep on reaching towards the light and keep on staying up all night
And as we reach the end, we’ll say, “There’s gonna be another day!”
Johnny Cash - Long Black Veil