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Goin' Down

from canyon by Brian Carroll

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Well a vagrant, that’s too ambitious to see
When he is lost and he is treading in a sea of trees
With his eyes solely concentrated on the highest peak
But he is tumbling, oh down

Deep in the thicket, lay the house that he built
Careful crafted, purposely, a vessel for his guilt
He keeps his skeletons locked away out there inside
Safer buried away, than in his own mind

And oh I , Oh I’m going down
Oh I, Oh I’m going down

Just another, useless book on a shelf
Soaked with kerosene, I’ll burn this whole house around myself
And the pages burn in effigy in your head
Decorative binding, taking space in my stead

And oh I , Oh I’m going down
And oh I, Oh I’m going down

And the sky will be littered in ashes
And the day will become the night
You try to find the clearing through the fog
You’ll be running towards the light, running towards the light

In the rubble of the mess lies the one
His bones void of flesh and yellowed by the sun
Bare and stripped of everything that he once was
What are you, when you’ve got nothing?

And oh I , Oh I’m going down
And oh I, Oh I’m going down

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from canyon, released January 1, 2015
written by Brian Carroll

Brian Carroll - acoustic guitar and vocals
Ian Fitzgerald - acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
James Maple- banjo, drums, background vocals
Eric Lichter-bass, lap steel, background vocals
Zach Schmidt- background vocals

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Brian Carroll

Modern Roots, is perhaps a contradiction in its very name, but a musical ideal that Carroll stands firm to uphold. Drawing inspiration in style and delivery from songwriters and musicians of that past, while writing from what inspires him in his everyday life, he bridges the gap between American Roots and current day Americana music. ... more

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