Contention City

from Latin Quarter: Bare Bones by Steve Skaith

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lyrics

Contention City
(Skaith/Jones)

We made Contention City
On the last night of a storm
Searching for the truth that money brings
We found lodging in the shadows
But they didn't promise rest
As hope sank to the floor on weary wings

We walked on glided splinters
As we scuffed the street for work
And we got by on the mission's cheapest brand
Till our dreams were filled with waking
And our hands with engine parts
As our hearts decayed like debris in the sand

Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Not even with eternity to try

My home's contention city
Where the master's minds are fixed
On thinking of the money they can save
Like a cat-walk without guard rails
That sent you into space,
I felt like firing shots above your grave

Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Not even with eternity to try

The city limits are another kind of the town
Oh Lord your lambs are starving and the horses all gone down
To the track where even truth gave up the ghost

Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Not even with eternity to try

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from Latin Quarter: Bare Bones, released April 17, 2015

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