Guarded, Locked, and Trapped

from Of Ash and Soot by Alex Wintersmith Lackey

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I’ve been feeling somewhat strange
But I’m coming back alive, down low
And the looks are all the same
Painted strangers like my dreams, where I know

That I ain’t got nowhere left to go
And I’m spinning out again
Won’t you come around my friend

A familiar exchange
And love’s got a hold on me, let it end
Looking out over lifeless sea
The ripples verge on loveless waves once again

But I ain’t got nowhere left to go
Feeling swept along way down the road, pull me in
And a stranger now I’ve been before
A load of cracked old numbered locks ignored

Hold my hand now darling don’t let me fade
I see the fire raging it lacks my shame
As smoke begins to call me by my name
Take me down along the water it’s all the same

You’re not a rival heart to me
But it’s guarded, locked, and trapped inside
Golden silhouettes I see
I fear it’s all crumbling to dust before my eyes

But you ain’t got nowhere left to go
A bitter wind like ghosts coming far too close my friend
The cold laid out and I feel it too
A holy calm I see inside of you

Hold my hand now darling don’t let me fade
I see the fire raging it lacks my shame
As smoke begins to call me by my name
Take me down along the water it’s all the same

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from Of Ash and Soot, released March 14, 2020

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Alex Wintersmith Lackey Salt Lake City, Utah

Alex Wintersmith Lackey is a Salt Lake native who's been playing in bands across instruments and genres for 12+ years. This is his first official solo endeavor releasing an album abstractly themed around mental health and substance abuse. Alex is the sole songwriter and performer on this album. ... more

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