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Sacrifice to the Dead

from The Ashen Grove by Eli Wise

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Sailing from the west by the light in the fire
Waiting for the wars to start
Sailing from the west by the light in the fire
Waiting for the boys to drop
See you little soldier, tall against the bright sky
See how the great wheel rocks
See you little solider, your eyes pale like the devil
When you see the great wheel stop.

Thrashing through the brush, through the dust and the darkness
Didn't know it would be so close
Thrashing through the brush, through the dust and the darkness
As we walk half men, half ghosts
Say you see a thin line, God and the Devil pull
Who do you trust the most?
Say you walk a thin line earth, hell, heaven, time
Turn away, bled free of remorse.

And who will be the Sacrifice to the Dead?
And who will be the one who remembers
To tell the stories that are left behind
So it's embers to ashes, drain your glass of wine.

Flash back to innocence your girl made little sense
Ready to feel the world
Flash back to innocence your girl looks a little tense
When all her gifts turn to coal in your hands
Everything is fuel to burn, a fire spin a war churn
Time to say goodbye
Everything is fuel to burn a fire spin a lightning storm
Sighted in the eastern sky, the eastern sky.

Night falls every hour, then rushes away
Dreams aren't for this world, I say.

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from The Ashen Grove, released February 15, 2011
Eli - guitars, vocals
Damon - piano, vocals
Luke - bass

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Eli Wise Oakland, California

Mythology set to music by the Oakland band. Vocal harmonies, ethereal guitars, and driving rhythm.

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