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One Hundred Twenty Years

from Ancient Fire by Jake Shane

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Farewell, you are guiltless though you were born
It took a desert howling waste to convince you of scorn
Climbing black walls and stepping through thorns
Waves crashing and raven claws gripping the morn
This is the mountain road up and down
This is the ocean to swim in and drown
This is the tension tuning beautiful sound
It took one hundred twenty years but I have found it

The stranger, the fatherless, the widow at my window
Seven drops of blood dripping silent and slow
Standing in mud Mississippi water flow
Eyes closed listen to its rhythm, its tempo
This is the broken body that mends
This is the beginning, middle and end
This is on what everything else depends
It took one hundred twenty years but I have found it

Good angel come kiss me undress my heart
Seven sages, seven kingdoms could not keep us apart
Walking through graveyards of ancient art
I have waited for wisdom to talk and impart
This is the wind that turns fire to sandstone
This is where flowers throw heads back and groan
This is the hill where the roan stallion roams
This is the lantern in mid-morning streets
This is the unknown life beneath my feet
This is the circle whole and complete
It took one hundred twenty years but I have found it
It took one hundred twenty years but I have found it

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from Ancient Fire, released April 21, 2012

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Jake Shane Madrid, Spain

Jake Shane is an American singer-songwriter based in Madrid, Spain.

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