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Down In Denver

from LUSH by Con Tex

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lyrics

Down in Denver, down in Denver
all I did was die
Made the rounds and heard the sounds
and always with a sigh
For the dreams I was not dreaming
of the life I didn't live
Froze my soul, and worse the cold
began my southern drift
The sky that seemed so transcendental
made me feel alive
Down in Denver, down in Denver
all I did was die

It's a wicked fate awaits the town
that cannot see the sky
The mountains loom so menacing
that no one dares to climb
And without a greater altitude
a man sees just his own hands' work
And through his narrow-set perception
he has to hope his ladder works
'Cause a man can spend his whole life climbing
and never reach the sky
Down in Denver, down in Denver
all I did was die

I tried to take the high road
but it trapped me in the town
And though on top of Rocky Mountains
confusion laid the ground
So I cursed the road that led me here
and cried upon the peak
And experiment in meditation
with no nirvana reached
A stranger in the void became
and unrelenting eye
Down in Denver, down in Denver
all I did was die

My shirt, it warmed my heart and so
I took it off in spite
"For if I'm dead," I told my head,
"I'll make it through the night."
And though I froze without my clothes
my thoughts were with the sun
And from the peak of desolation
my freedom had begun
So I ran right down the mountain screaming,
laughing through the death
And when I reached the bottom
I had to catch my breath
And though I died in Denver,
my spirit, it survived
Down in Denver, down in Denver

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from LUSH, released December 8, 2012

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