From the recording Promise to Harry (2023)
An eerie banjo-tinged Knopfler-esque scenario from the perspective of the stranger in all of us seeking safe harbor in a strange land. A deft story set in an easy to listen to cinema-esque soundscape.
Lyrics
Testament
Fourteen days and fourteen nights
We move in the dark and hide in the light
Cause everybody knows when it comes to a fight
Someone’s bound to lose
The Good Book says you reap what you sow
And the last will be first, not the first ones to go
And where you gonna go when you can’t go home
And no one waits for you
Heaven knows what is right
But this weary bird in flight
Needs to know when it’s safe
To come down
Heaven knows what is right
But this weary bird in flight
Needs to know when it’s safe
To come down
So who’s gonna rise and who’s gonna fall
And who’s gonna turn away from us all
And who’s gonna come when they hear the call
And the angels sing
Now I have a dream that keeps me awake
I’m out on a ship tossed in the waves
And there on the shore I can see your face
Looking out for me
Heaven knows what is right
But this weary bird in flight
To save its soul, with all its might
Swinging low just out of sight
Needs to know when it’s safe
To come down
Words & Music: Tom Prasada-Rao, Michael Lille & Tom Kimmel
©2023 Simple Gift Music (BMI)/Downstream Lean Music (BMI)/Morrissette Music (ASCAP)