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A Hard Peace

from Weak In The Wild by Frances Smith

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There was a way to lose a battle
and a way to turn around
and the oldest of the weapons
were lying broken on the ground
and you fought me for the choices
you once said were mine to take
and over the city the rain clouds hung
washing from the streets the evidence
of where love had once begun

The lowest point had been reached
by the men who fed their needs
in the alleyways that separate
the traveller from the deceased
and if that hill was closer to the sky
you could have looked towards the top
but the river still runs downwards
no matter how high you go
no matter how high you go

And the hard peace was only found
when pride had burned to the ground
and the ashes carried on the wind
had left destruction all around

And I think about you sometimes
when the first quarter moon decides to show
and lights in the windows orange glow
a ghost in the night rings out it's sound
there was nothing wrong in the righteous
when you needed it for yourself
but if you chase it 'til it's dying
then it's a hard peace you'll win
yeah it's a hard peace you'll win

When pride has burned to the ground
it's ashes carried on the wind
with the scattering of all that's lost
it'll be a hard peace you'll win

Yeah, it's a hard peace you'll win
oh it's a hard peace you'll win

copyright Frances Smith 2017

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from Weak In The Wild, released November 17, 2017

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