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This Is How

from Truth by Geoff Burgess

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I went out to the store
I watched you lying there on the floor
Just rolling all around
I bought some beer
You looked at me with a tear
Getting my feet back on the ground

It was there we parted ways
And the words that I said to you
Will come back to me someday

This is how the trail leads
This is how my fingers bleed
This is how I feel my soul
This is how I gain control
This is how the world begins
This is how you're welcomed in
This is how, this is how
This is how

Sometimes when you're walking
And you feel like you own the sidewalk
It's all yours
Other times you won't be seen in public
You got the locks on every door

What's the matter my old friend
I can see you in the mirror
Just don't turn away again

This is how we pace our time
This is how the world is mine
This is how I know myself
This is how the creatures tell
This is how I build my crown
This is how I can break it down
This is how, this is how
This is how

There's religion over here
There's a plot of land over there
There's inequality
We got racial subdivisions
We got messed up superstitions
Under one dream tree

We have to promise that we'll try
We have to hold each other to account
For what we do and why

This is how the world will end
This is how it can return again
This is how a loser wins
This is how a sinner sins
This is how the angels fly
This is how the people cry
This is how, this is how
This is how

You say I'm staying up too long
My eyes are darkened shadows
My health is dimming light
You know you're right
But maybe just another night
Is all I'll need, all I'll need

I was told you can't have it all
Then the rain came down and the seed we planted
Grew up oh so tall

This is how I know I'm right
This is how I see the light
This is how I follow you
This is how I pass on through
This is how I played the game
This is how I know I'll stay
This is how, this is how
This is how

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from Truth, released September 1, 2013

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Geoff Burgess Ottawa, Ontario

Geoff Burgess is a singer-songwriter in Ottawa, Ontario, who writes songs about love, loss, time, and the natural world.

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