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A Cross to Share

by Jesse Sample

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This track represents my exploration into the ancient relationship between belief and power and in the relationships between leaders and followers. Things rarely work out the way you think they will and sometimes the intended or unintended consequences take us all down a steep road into chaos. Who do we trust?

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Since the dawn of consciousness, since the birth of history
We've been seeking prophets and giving meanings to our dreams

We take it to the mountaintop, and we sing it from on high
Ova Ponere Canistro, roll the dice, let it ride

From among us comes a thinker with those aviator eyes
A shining light amidst the darkness, speaking truth amidst the lies

So we flock to you with dirty hands, shackled to this earth
Give us something to believe in and we'll supply the worth

But the only god is hunger who makes believers of us all
and the pride that comes with comfort, comes right before the fall

I say to you what does it mean,
Why am I even here,
Why do I breath,
A voice so loud I can't hear myself

I say to you what does it mean,
Why am I even here,
Why do I breath,
A voice so loud I can't hear myself

So we take the word door to door, leaving no stone unturned
Scorn descent as jealousy with angry suppressive burn

You become the judge of honesty, disclosing what you like,
You got one face for there daytime and another for the night

But who am I to judge you, for in ways we are the same
Both wired for self destruction as a moth unto the flame

And with every light comes a darkness where its soul undoing lies
We keep secrets with worldly devils, eyes raised up to the skies

But the only god is hunger who makes believers of us all
and the pride that comes with comfort, comes right before the fall
You know the pride that comes with comfort, comes right before the fall

Forgive me great wise father for what I'm about to do
You see I've made some big commitments and now its time to follow through

Your heaven is for angels who come with cash in hand
Walking ripened NY boulevards and these California sands

Wanting badly to believe you, how we hoped your heart was true
We came to bath in blue healing light but still we stand here black and blue (perfodiam eum crucis)

And when you commenced to fall apart, I could barely even watch
It was a high def resurrection of a person stuffed inside a box

But the ghost of you still haunts me though, you hero stripped of grace
All signs point to a psychopath, such a stupid rotting waste

So come home roosting chickens
This Judas in our midst
Shall taste the lips anger and the know the coldness of her kiss
Shall taste the lips anger and the know the coldness of her kiss
Shall taste the lips anger and the know the coldness of her kiss

credits

released October 29, 2020
Lyrics and Music by Jesse Sample
Guitar - Jesse Sample
Bass - Gary Ljungquist
Drums and Percussion - Timothy "Witchdoctor" Brosnan
Engineering and mixing - John Chiara at Albany Audio Associates
Mastering: Alan Douches at West West Side Music and Deko Entertainment
Art and Photography - Ken Kozac

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