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The Aftermath

from Facing The Falling Sky by Kathie Touin

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THE AFTERMATH

When the heroes shut and
lock the door
There's nothing left worth
fighting for
When all I want to do is sleep
there's nothing left I want to keep
and everything has turned to dust

The ashes of my love and trust
taste so bitter in my mouth
but I can't seem to spit them out

And now I'm empty
I'm lost here
There's nothing I want here
I miss you I hate you
I wish I could tell you
how much I loved you
just one more time
just one more time
but I'm empty

All this space is missing where
people have gone
Either taken too soon or
choosing to run
And I can't make the edges meet
They rip in my hands and
tangle my feet

Your words are there
they ring in my ears
If you meant what you said
then you still would be here

How could you tell me to
hang on so tight
to what in the end was just
shadows and light
What did you mean when you said
to be strong
Did you know you'd leave
before very long
In this echoing space
my tears go unheard

I'm straining my ears for some
sort of word
That would push me and move me
forward again
But words are not music and
music's no friend (any more)

Where are you
Where did you go
I can't believe you
left me here alone
I miss you I miss you I miss you

Photos hold smiles and
pieces of pasts
Captured recordings might
linger and last
The dots on the pages hold
the shapes of your hands
And the depths of you I never
could understand
But I would have dived as deep
as I could go

Breathless and weightless
in the shadows below
I need to surface
find some way to be
Other than hollow and unfilled
and vacant and blank and empty

And now I'm empty
I'm lost here
There's nothing I want here
I miss you I hate you
I wish I could tell you
how much I loved you
just one more time
just one more time
but I'm empty


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from Facing The Falling Sky, released November 2, 2019
Kathie Touin: keyboards, vocals, programming

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Kathie Touin Scotland, UK

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Singer/songwriter from California, now living in Scotland's Orkney Islands. Kathie writes, arranges, produces and records her music from her own Starling Recording Studio.

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