Name: The Great Escape
Duration: P00H08M43S
Description: Originally composed and written in January 1995

The Great Escape

from A World of Dreams by Mourning Knight

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Originally composed and written in January 1995

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The Great Escape-

Your latest confession is echoing loud infecting the church hall.
Behind the torn curtain you sit and you ramble away.
Do you mean what you say?

You know what you started so finish it now.
You can't 'cause the engines are stalling.
So go on avoiding the problem of how.
Be cold and your skin will be crawling.

A life of frustration throws you around showing no mercy.
What's left but salvation?
You get on your knees and you pray.
Will you have hell to pay?

The nails from a dogwood puncture a cloud.
Lookout, the heavens are falling!
The blood of damnation soils your shroud.
Listen, the coroner's calling you.

You've lost your direction, your feet miss the ground,
you're running in circles.
Without hesitation you turn and you throw life away.
Do you want it this way?

Event of the season! Look at the crowd!
Your great escape leaves them applauding!
Houdini would love you and be so proud.
A voice from the grave will be calling.

You know what you started so finish it now.
You can't 'cause the engines are stalling.
So go on avoiding the problem of how.
Be cold and your skin will be crawling.

The nails from a dogwood puncture a cloud.
Lookout, the heavens are falling!
The blood of damnation soils your shroud.
Listen, the coroner's calling you.

Copyright 2023 J. Brower

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Mourning Knight Mount Kisco, New York

Hailing from Westchester County, NY, Mourning Knight is a project that goes back to the mid 90s and continues to this day. Heavily influenced by the atmospheres and musical soundscapes of the Progressive seventies, passion, drama and a sense of the cinematic are brought together with lyrics that convey the darker, melancholy side of life. ... more

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