Waiting on a Halo

from Pulling on Strings by -k

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For the first time in my life I am not afraid
Of what waits me in the end when they lay me in the grave
If I rise or just decay
Because before I was born I knew nothing of the world
And when I die I’ll know nothing more

And if I find myself on trial before the Lord and all his angels
I’ll stand and I’ll ask Him, Tell me what’s your angle now?
Did you set me up to watch me fall?
For if you knew before you made me that I would surely burn in Hades
Tell me now: Did I have any choice at all?

Is there an effort to conspire against the nature of desire?
They say somewhere up in Heaven God is watching all the while
And He’s gonna judge you in the end
But if you threaten me with fire and hold my life on trial
Don’t try to tell me you just wanna be my friend

Cause I ain’t waiting on a halo. I ain’t putting life on hold
I say now what good’s a soul if it ain’t got no bone?

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from Pulling on Strings, released November 22, 2016

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-k Hurdland, Missouri

i sing songs that pop in my head.
I record them so i can forget them.
Here they are.
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