Soon Comes The Day

from Bones And Ghosts by A P Clarke

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Outside was thick with darkness
A deeper dark within
Fire over the sea
And fire again beneath
He came in from the outside
Darkness caked to his cloak
He said “I am dead. You killed me long ago

Listen! Listen! I will tell a story
Gather closer in

And when your brother called for you
And when your sister screamed
You turned your backs on them
You closed your doors to me
When your bones become the earth
And your blood becomes the sea
When your screams become the wind
Then you will call for me.

Save me all your empty protestations
Soon the end will come:
The knife, the noose, the gun

Enjoy the night, before the light sweeps hard across the bay
And maybe if you say your prayers, maybe you’ll be saved
Drink your wine, sing your rhymes and dance the night away
For soon comes the day
Soon comes the day.”

And they all turned their backs on him
And so he turned to me, said:
“What do you think? Buy me a drink?
The night still lies ahead

Oh my only friend we’ll raise our glasses
To whom shall we toast?
The great? The grave? Or the ghost?

Enjoy the night, before the light sweeps hard across the bay
And maybe if you say your prayers, maybe you’ll be saved
Drink your wine, sing your rhymes and dance the night away
For soon comes the day
Soon comes the day”

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from Bones And Ghosts, released February 20, 2021
Written and performed by: A P Clarke
Produced by: Paul Tipler & Piers Miller at Unit 13 Studios

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