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The Brighter They Come

from Go and Give the Guard a Break by Meghan Hayes

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The first time that you met him you knew you’d never leave
You still don’t know what that boy had up his sleeve
There was a needle on the record and another in his arm
The brighter they come, the darker the harm

Too tired to be your brother, too good to be your sis
But not too cheap to criticize your kiss
There were other islands out there and you were drowning in the sand
He said “I’ll make it easy, baby, just keep playing out your hand.”

Where now

There’s nothing like the hunger at the edge of the abyss
There’s nothing like tallying the things here you’d miss
We had a way with weakness, we had a way with lies
But he offered me some comfort and it was just my size

When the blood goes quiet, if the tempers ever cease
Are you in love with the beauty that’s a strangling beast?
If you knew the day was over the minute that he rose
Would you soon become whichever one of you he chose?

Where now

I hear that party’s over or it’s headed out of town
We made a lot of noise but we didn’t make a sound
You wouldn’t recognize me if you passed me on the street
Where the quiet crush of love paves the ground beneath our feet

Call me up a doctor. Call me up a priest
Call up your old lovers have them over for the feast
If we haven’t fled by breakfast, we’ll all be drunk by noon
And if we say our prayers right will you bring him home soon?

Where now

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from Go and Give the Guard a Break, released January 1, 2005

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Meghan Hayes Nashville, Tennessee

Meghan Hayes is a singer-songwriter, Nurse Practitioner and landscape designer living in Nashville, TN. Her most recent record, Seen Enough Leavers, is a bruising post-divorce document of pain, anxiety and loss, that has been lauded as “one of the best Americana albums in recent history.” Hayes is currently interviewing producers for her next record. ... more

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