Name: Hightide (you were right) (demo)
Duration: P00H05M10S
Description: This is a stripped down version of the most complete song to come out of the Dark Countenance sessions. Hightide was written on guitar - but late at night, when consciousness starts to fade, everything sounds sadder on piano.

Hightide (you were right) (demo)

from The Dark Countenance II: Demos + B-Sides by Matt Spainhour

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This is a stripped down version of the most complete song to come out of the Dark Countenance sessions. Hightide was written on guitar - but late at night, when consciousness starts to fade, everything sounds sadder on piano.

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i'll speak for myself
i don't feel like letting go
and i'm staring at the past
like i lost myself somewhere behind

i see redemption here
still i lie awake on nights like these
when the wine just leaves me numb
and the bread can't seem to fill me up

you were right. you were right.
its cold and winter is coming in
don't lie. baby, don't lie.
because i'm tired and we've been there before

when i was a boy
my heart was strong and tied to you
now my heart is drunk
and in bed with some forbidden fruit

this silence grows in me
and i can't seem to make a sound
we were lost at sea
until someone put the anchor down

you were right. you were right.
we're alone and the tide is coming in
don't lie baby, don't lie.
because i'm tired and we've been there before

you were right. you were right.
we're alone and the tide is coming in
don't lie baby, don't lie
because i'm tired
and i just want to call you my home

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from The Dark Countenance II: Demos + B-Sides, released September 3, 2008
written, arranged, and performed by Matt Spainhour
produced by Matt Spainhour

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