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The Perilous Hours

from Red Wolf Mist by Aaron Smith

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It’s too damn late and too damn dark
The light of day has long expired
On my internal ship of fools
The sorrow engines fire

They come to life all at once
The citizens of my brain
All of them shouting in unison
Talking back to the pain

“Stop this madness,” the constable cries
At the very top of his lungs
All around, he can hear the sound
Of a million demon drums

And I’m starting to get a little nervous now
Serpents and shadows are closing in
In my brain, I can feel the rain
And hear the howling wind

In these perilous hours
I know
That life is a joke
Hope is a joke

It doesn’t matter if the battle is real
I don’t know if I can win
I’m starting to get a little nervous now
Serpents and shadows are closing in

I can’t trust the idea
That I belong in this world
The fabric feels so damn heavy
As the curtain unfurls

I buckle myself into the captain’s chair
In the center of my brain
And fire the cannons of reason
To blow away the demons and pain

And I’m starting to get a little nervous now
Serpents and shadows are closing in
In my brain, I can feel the rain
And hear the howling wind

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from Red Wolf Mist, track released June 16, 2019

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Aaron Smith Ringwood, New Jersey

At the age of 39, Aaron Smith took his old guitar out of the closet after 15 years, turned the skills he'd learned as a novelist toward lyric writing, learned to sing, and wrote and recorded his first EP, "Red Wolf Mist" over the course of the years 2016 to 2019. His second album, "Sand in the Hourglass" was released in August of 2021. ... more

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