Toadvine
Ben Nichols * Track #6 On The Last Pale Light in the West
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Toadvine by Ben Nichols
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Ben NicholsAbout
The song, like all of the songs on Ben Nichol’s album, is about and inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 book “Blood Meridian”. The song’s title takes its name from a character from the book. When the character is introduced in the book he has the letters “HT” branded on to his forehead as punishment...
Toadvine Lyrics
Rode myself into the ground
Hell it’s almost over now
I don’t see nothing but the light
Darkness filled my days
The rising sun has shown the way
I Don’t see nothing but the light
The preacher’s lesson, is simply Armageddon
The devil, he knows how to ride
A killer of men
And no way to save them
Hell now we all have to die
CHORUS:
You wouldn’t think that out here
A man could simply run clear
Out of country but, oh my... oh my
Nothing but the light
They took my ears in Omaha
Thought me dead but I weren’t all
Left them bleeding in the mud
Branded me for horse thievery
Between my eyes for all to see
Left them bleeding in the mud
When this world was made
Was never meant to save
Everyone in kind
And I don’t believe
God much had me
Had me much in mind
CHORUS
So tell me barkeep
What is there to drink
With just minimal risk
Of blindness or death
It all tastes of ashes
Seems that’s all we ever get
It's all we ever get