Shut the Door

from Hither & Yon by Mearlan

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lyrics

Someone shut the door.
I’m leaving broken rings.
Won’t be around no more
so you can put up pretty things.
I’ll go find a new floor
to pace upon and ponder
my hands are full so…

Someone shut the door.
I’m not angry; I’m not storming
away to peaceful shores
but there is an ocean calling.
I’m shaken to my core
as i pack myself away…
Someone, someone shut the door.

A house is not a home if lonely comes to stay;
it’s just another place to settle in or move away from.

Someone shut the door.
I’m firing up the car.
Loaded a few memories,
Driving won’t get me far
enough away that I escape
the sorrow-cloud that hovers.
Someone else must shut the door.

The shadows in the windows
of parties, toasts, and holidays…
The dents upon the lawn
of children stretching childish ways…
That house is like a vacant face
staring down the street
Someone, please, shut the door.

A house is not a home if lonely comes to stay;
it’s just another place to settle in or move away from.

How can I move away from a place
I ain’t never really been?
Why the hell does it hurt this bad?

A house is not a home if lonely comes to stay;
it’s just another place to settle in or move away from.

A house is not a home if lonely comes to stay;
it’s just another place to settle in or move away from.

credits

from Hither & Yon, released May 14, 2018
produced by Alex Fermanis at Blunt Studios
all songs written by Marcus Robinson
guitar & vocals: Mearlan
pedal steel-synth-bass-drum wizardry: Alex Fermanis
alexfermanis.bandcamp.com
photos by Brian Tryon
theriversendsdeadhorses.com

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