new song: Out of Sand

[stip]

Lyrics:

Spoiler: show

Can’t climb to heaven on the cross
One liar’s promise drained the blood from my heart
Came a message in the dark
Offered the hand of a disembodied man
While I still had the chance …

But now it is gone, gone
And I am who I am
Who I was I will never be again
Running out of sand

I stare at my reflection to the bone
Blurred eyes look back at me … full of blame and sympathy
So, so close
Right roads not take, futures forsaken …
Dropped like a fossil or stone …

But now it is gone, gone
And I am who I am
Who I was that will never come again
Running out of sand

Mmmmm …

A drunk octopus wants to fight
Fearfull of dreams . there’ll be no sleep tonight
Fine at dinner, dead by dessert
Victim or witness, we’re gonna get hurt
Fragile existence with echoes of worth
I can’t stop the bleeding nor the tears from thine eyes
There’s another us somewhere with much better lives
With God as our witness but he won’t testify …

Oh now it’s gone … gone …
And I am, who I am …

Who I could’ve been I’ll never have the chance
Running out of sand
Running out of sand
Running out of sand …

[stip]

Feels like drifting's sadder older brother. I think I liked it.

[VinylGuy]

Yeah, but i hope we can get another recording. I get the cool side of a quick recording in that place, but i feel this song deserves another treatment for its studio version.

And if its with PJ better.

[bada]

The studio version will be drenched in strings made of cheese.

[Jorge]

Who I he-am

[wease]

The studio version will be drenched in strings made of cheese.

String Cheese Incident??

[BurtReynolds]

Sounds nice. The faux old timey thing could be annoying, but it's done well.

[Kevin Davis]

Pretty good tune. I like the Jack White old timey recording booth thing.

[Leatherhead]

Pretty good tune. I like the Jack White old timey recording booth thing.

I really like it. I think I'd be down for a whole album sounding like that.

[Kaius]

This is good. It reminds me of MotH in a way.

[B]

Lyrics added to OP.

He sang the last verse differently then what is written in the book.

Written: Who I could've been, I'll never have the chance.
Sung: Who I was, I'll never have the chance.

[spike]

[B]

I guess we know that Ed is a reddit user.

[spike]

[evenslow]

Ed does forlorn well and the recording really adds to it. This feels like Chris McCandless lived and has regrets. Into the Wild 2: Acoustic Boogaloo.

[numbers]

Wow, I really liked that.

[EJ]

This is a really nice tune. My fear is what'll happen when BOB eventually adds his sheen to it.

[vedder316]

I've only heard the Ohana Fest version, but I really enjoyed it.

[ABNorman]

Other than the crappy bridge and crappy old timey radio jank, I really like this.

[digster]

I like the old-timey take on it. The song's nice enough, but I have to admit Ed's strummy strummy folk songs tend to blend together to me. I feel like his finger picked stuff (Man of the Hour, The End) usually has a bit more life and interesting parts to them.