From the recording The Wake
Words by Lynn Gentry. Music by Lynn Gentry and Michael T. Simonelli. Produced, recorded, mixed by Michael T. Simonelli in Brooklyn, NY. Except: Piano & Celeste on Heaven In Bloom performed by Avery James and recorded by Lynn Gentry at Brooklyn College. Piano on Sable performed by Michael T. Simonelli and recorded at Northfire Recording Studio in Amherst, MA by Andrew Atkin. Mastered by Joe Lambert. Cover photo by Alice Rules. Inner Photo by Parsa Astaraei. Design Layout by Rebecca Kelly. Copyright 2025 Bourgeois Blues.
Lyrics
The evening sky bleeds fire
From amber into grey
As I reside a fallen star
Cast from the fray
Captured by life
Still burning
For loss and unknown cause
Drawn into sight
I rise
And fall beneath my flaws
I’m still beside you
Right behind
You’ll see me in
The wake
I’m still beside you
Right behind
You how much can
I take
The quiet night instills
My weary mind to stray
The moving images cast me
To stay awake
A hollow frame
Still yearning
To fulfill some lost cause
Burdened by son
Of man
I worry I am lost
I’m still beside you
Right behind
You’ll see me in
The wake
I’m still beside you
Right behind
You how much can
I take
The morning sun does rise
As dead I fall awake
Headless moves uninspired
My body into day
Without an answer found
Life still must test my fate
Given the life
I've seen
Lord how much can I take
I’m still beside you
Right behind
You’ll see me in
The wake
I’m still beside you
Right behind
You how much can
I take