Hangman-Samuel Lockridge

[ti:Hangman] [ar:Samuel Lockridge] [al:When I Rise] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hangman - Samuel Lockridge [00:09.26]Dead leaves from the gutter [00:12.53] [00:13.25]In a pile on the driveway [00:16.39] [00:17.10]They are drying in the sunlight [00:20.20] [00:21.01]They are waiting to be burned [00:24.51]When their verdant veins turn brittle [00:28.28]And the memory of their branches [00:32.52]Is as withered as your faith in god [00:36.02] [00:36.59]And Hollywood romances [00:39.70] [00:40.42]The pendant that she gave you [00:43.71] [00:44.26]To wear around your neck [00:47.10]Now the same color of decay [00:50.94]As the debris out in the driveway [00:54.85] [00:55.48]Left a ring of copper-green [00:59.00]On the skin above your sternum [01:02.33] [01:03.01]And you tried to wash it off [01:05.84] [01:06.52]But it's a deeper kind of burden [01:10.62] [01:17.90]So curse the fates all you want to [01:25.11] [01:26.36]That won't fill that hole inside you [01:33.26] [01:34.44]Wake up sleeper Don't be afraid to be alone [01:43.96] [01:45.98]You're not alone [01:48.23] [02:13.97]So now you tell yourself at night [02:18.00] [02:18.73]You'll be wiser when you're older [02:21.48] [02:22.04]But now you'd forsake the kingdom [02:25.39] [02:26.11]For a kiss upon her shoulder [02:29.10] [02:29.68]And you try to think of jesus [02:33.54]But the only thing that comes [02:36.48] [02:37.14]Is the way she felt in summer [02:40.96]Like a teardrop in the sun [02:44.07] [02:45.17]Some say he was a wise man [02:49.27]Or just another martyr [02:52.38] [02:52.93]Who took the easy way around [02:56.69]Getting out of bed tomorrow [02:59.41] [03:00.16]You don't need to understand [03:03.40]Why he was thinking of you [03:06.56] [03:07.16]With every nail with every wound [03:10.75]Why he was crying out with you [03:14.68]But he was [03:16.23] [03:54.66]So storm the gates all you want to [04:01.70] [04:03.11]That won't fill that hole inside you [04:09.87] [04:11.03]Rise up hangman Take a deep breath [04:18.03]Oh how we've missed you [04:20.56] [04:22.87]Every time we die and come back to life [04:29.36] [04:30.47]Our roots run deeper our fruit tastes sweeter [04:37.64] [04:38.49]We bear new seeds from times of need [04:44.48]Most painfully redeemed [04:48.59] [04:50.32]You'll see