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Take This Scarlet Thread

from Ancient Fire by Jake Shane

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Take this scarlet thread and bind it fast
To this table so I can escape at last
Out the window, down the tower
Through the metal garden gates
God knows why they’re open
But there is no time to wait
I must run, run away from the light
Out of this garden to fulfill my appetite
Across the burning cities of the plain
Over the mountains to finally regain
The sickness, the war, the death of my youth
The cold satisfaction of knotting the noose
Far from this place of unending elegance
Inside a cave of fire and deliverance
Where the drums beat and the woman in red
Takes me hand in hand to join the dance

As I grope through this grove of fruit long forbidden
I long to grip what the gardener has hidden
Under the rock’s rising red shadow
Over the river’s sinking sick yellow
Haze staining pillars forged with salt
And melting halos down into asphalt
Where the sailor lies with pearl eyes
By the bones of the prophet who dreamed his demise
And the hangman himself without disguise
Hangs out with the butcher among the flies
Moaning, “How many more do you need?
How many more do you want me to bleed?”
And the drums beat and the woman in red
Takes me hand in hand to join the dance

You let me get to the edge of the mount
I started to think I was finally out
As I entered the darkness of a distant land
And reached out to touch it with trembling hands
It was then that the brass began to blow
Echoed the mountain, eclipsed by your shadow
And your voice brought me down to my knees
Stitched my hands together to plea
As the drums beat and the woman in red
Forced my eyes wide to watch you dance
Selah!

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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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