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When the River Burst Its Banks

from Beholder EP by Papertrail

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You were sunrise, I was high tide
When the river burst its banks
The water rose to meet the road, but you kept shining through the cold
Until the level sank

'Til your light crept through my windowblind
Into my bed and you were mine
And you didn't want to go
But you'd always have to go

When I held you like a sacred truth
In the city neither of us knew
I didn't want to go
Didn't ever want to go back home

I would try to explain, when the blood drained from your face,
That the terrible truth is its own remedy
And whether you left or whether you stayed
There was no explaining away whatever drew you close to me

Drew your light right through my windowblind
Into my bed 'til you were mine
And you wouldn't want to go
But you'd always have to go

When I held you like a sacred truth
On the promenade underneath the moon
I didn't want to go
Didn't ever want to go back home

You were sunrise, I was high tide
When the river burst its banks

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from Beholder EP, released September 6, 2019

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Papertrail Cork, Ireland

Papertrail is the dark, ethereal, harmonically rich art-rock brainchild of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Lucy. 2016 saw the release of debut single I Never Knew That I Was Anyone - quickly hailed by national tastemakers Paul McLoone (Today FM) and Dan Hegarty (2FM) as something uniquely powerful - as well as the realisation of the project as a formidable seven-piece live act. ... more

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