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Red Threads

from Saboteur by Lifeboat Etiquette

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And as I walk to your room with your memories
I am consumed
by the spiders and cobwebs you grew as decoration
There lies your bed where you once laid your head
as I played, just for you
my favorite selections from CD collections I knew
you'd sleep well to

But as the sun rises, there're no more surprises
the blinds are pulled shut so no light can pour through
the big eastern windows
and pool in your eyelids
warming those sleepy hands that are keeping
the blood in your veins, the red threads that bind us
there to remind us that we can be whole again

I came here a mourner, curled up in the corner
beside the now empty birdcage
and tracing the elegant curves the wire frame
I wish I could recall the name of a creature
with you for its keeper
and hold it to see if its lovesong's as wild as mine

You'd think somewhere on these walls
would be inscribed the reasons that she's gone
but they're not
they're not

Now back in that hallway I picture you softly
closing the door behind me once more and you blink
unexpected first and then second flashes
of those emerald eyes
never mind that my heart strings
were pulled from those irises, you're still gone
so slowly I walk from your room with your memories
and I am consumed
Slowly I walk from your room with your memories
and I am consumed

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from Saboteur, released December 4, 2011

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Lifeboat Etiquette Fort Collins, Colorado

Lifeboat Etiquette, the moniker for singer-songwriter Ryan Hollen, has been around the Fort Collins area since 2005. Originally a solo act, new members were added over the years, including Baily Stauffer (now Hollen, thanks very much) who married into the project. Songwriter Shawn Keefer joined the band in 2011, rounding out the harmonies. You can listen to his full-length album Saboteur now! ... more

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