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Artist: The River Has Many Voices
Canonical path: /the-river-has-many-voices/yeah-i-got-away-but-i-never-got-clear
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Yeah, I Got Away, But I Never Got Clear
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Yeah, I Got Away, But I Never Got Clear
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I let you slip down through my skin
You ran through my blood like dawn runs through the wind
I marked your words your rhythm of speech
I lived by this pattern and moved by the beat
I kept your secrets you gave them only to me
Though after a while it seemed they were all I could keep
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear
Your heart had on it my fingerprints
I held on to it until it could hold itself again
When your voice gave out you wrote it down
I held the pages in my ribs and carried them around
Even now though it’s been so long
I keep your shadow written book of psalms
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear
I carried your name across desert plains
Over mountains and back again
I’m sitting here now it’s way past midnight
After a year away and out of sight
I kept you close you gave yourself to me
Though after a while it seemed that was too much to keep
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear
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