COLD WIND
There’s a cold, cold wind that blows through the clouds
from the mountains below where I used to run…
Now my running days are through and I sit here and wait
for my friends and foes to meet their fate.
If you came up, on a cold night, warm your hands on the star fire.
Because the long road, don’t end here
if your wheels are still spinning.
Yes I know what they’ve told us about heaven’s gates
did they tell us how, the roads were paved?
With ice and snow and seagull bones
and the tears that the angels cried for their home
What did we come here for? Did we really believe,
someone else could forgive us for all that we did?
I wish we could go on home
not try this again, but back around
does the wheel spin
So many preachin’ men have thought they made their own way,
but I wonder if they ask on their dying day:
‘Is this the coldest dream that I’ve ever dreamt?’
‘Is this the closest to God that I’m going to get?’
when they’ve left behind a legacy of lies, for all those
that trusted in them, to divide
To divide, to divide
who decides who wears the shackles or the crown?
To divide, to divide
who’s lies are we passing down?
Well this crystalline cold landscape was shaped by a mind
coveting secrets, and trinkets, and ties.
From the day that we’re born until the day we die
Are we gonna walk these lines between truths and lies?
Because 'out beyond right and wrong
There is a field, I’ll meet you there.' -Rumi
Vocals, composition: Maya McNeil
Spanish guitar, drums: Beaumont Bradbury
Acoustic guitar: Maya McNeil, Matt McDavid
Stand up Bass: Nick Galotta
Genius idea to add storm sounds: Matt McDavid
Slide guitar: Joe Rutt
Production, Mixing and Engineering: Matt McDavid
Co-Production: Maya McNeil