Track 8 of 9 from the LP Popular Mythologies by CONDUCTOR
All songs written, performed, engineered and produced by CONDUCTOR (Matthew Davey)
Mastered by Eric Warren
lyrics
So I was holding down the fort, or I was bringing down the house
Or I was building up the walls to keep me in or keep you out
To keep this dialogue alive, to kick and scream and jump and shout
I looked within and went without, I dug a hole to bring me out
Thinking: I would live or die trying
John Henry was good folk, he was a steel-driving man
And if he can’t beat the machine then maybe no one can
But he was dying just to know in the prowess of his hands
So I was planning to make plans but I got caught up in demands
Thinking: I would live or die trying
I really meant to be there, I was hoping I could show
But I got caught up in myself, you know how it is and how it goes
And how I had the best intentions, but I was waving to and fro
Oh, maybe I’m just a broken soul, maybe I’m just broken but you know
I would live or die trying
You can change the future, but you can’t change the past
And you can’t hold on to one thing as if that thing will last
But we could try our very hardest, we could do our very best
We could settle down and make a home in all the bones of what we have
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