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Sleeping Until The Wave Came

from Rosie by Rivet Gun

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I saw a wind vane
In the shape of a grim face
Pointing forward
To an oasis
Familiar to me now
Damning somehow
Gone in an instant
My other life evaporates

I was sleeping until the wave came
Dreaming about what might have been
Sleeping until the wave came
Cold sea arresting me to say
Come back before you slip away
Come back before you slip away

I saw a lighthouse’
Weary beam bending down
Nobly from a bluff
Its cause overdrawn
False light dooming me
All who can see
Stirring it’s gone
Left to shine on

I was sleeping until the wave came
Dreaming about what might have been
Sleeping until the wave came
Cold sea arresting me to say
Come back before you slip away
Come back before you slip away

I saw an ice block
Shimmering in scotch
Old man’s head in hands
Squeezing tear drops
His brain diseased
Longing for release
My penance to watch
Suddenly it stops

I was sleeping until the wave came
Dreaming about what might have been
Sleeping until the wave came
Cold sea arresting me to say
Come back before you slip away
Come back before you slip away

I saw a rusted mine
Washed up by the tide
Unruptured live relic
Raging inside
Go on it taunts
Blow us beyond the dawn
Grabbing its horns
In a flash we’re reborn

I was sleeping until the wave came
Dreaming about what might have been
Sleeping until the wave came
Cold sea arresting me to say

I was sleeping until the wave came
Quicksands of time tasting brine
Sleeping until the wave came
Smelling salts seeing all-of-it rewind

I was sleeping until the wave came
Rushing water waking my senses
Sleeping until the wave came
Absolution from a different life’s sentence
Absolution from a different life’s sentence
Absolution from a different life’s sentence

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from Rosie, released December 7, 2023
Andrew Whitbeck, Producer

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Rivet Gun New York, New York

Rivet Gun was born from the off-off-Broadway musical "Negative Space", canceled on opening night 2020 due to COVID19. The band are Broadway pit and session players hand-picked to back power-voiced front woman Wilma Rivets. True urban gourmets, Rivet Gun adds modern flavor to the counter-culture lyricism of Jim Morrison and Bob Dylan, served on a bed of snarly guitar licks and fleshy organ swirls. ... more

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