Onward

from Onward to the Flame by Sam Bodary

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It's time to sleep
Time to fly again
Like a moth to a flame
Go back to where you came
Or like a red rocket ship to the moon
But you gotta go you gotta go real soon

Give it space give it time
Give it water give it wine
Give it luck give it rhyme
Give it rapture and make it shine

Look at me, its ok to leave
You've missed me now I see
Listen to me

Now its time to go
You've done what you can here
You're cracked you're soiled and you're overripe
It's time, so let it go

Onward to the flame
Meet me in the flame
From whence you came you return again
Onward to the flame

All my life I've wanted to be older than I am now
And I'll never quite snag that tail I'm spinning like a top
So if you see me crazed and dizzy and foaming at the mouth
Don't try to help I've nearly got it all figured out, so

Onward to the flame
Onward to the flame
I know I'm gonna die but my carbon will survive
Onward to the flame

I've run myself ragged but it had to be done
I could have lived a lazy life but then I wouldn't have grown
These cotton wings just begging to be drenched in the flames
That I'm trying to chase down, so

Onward to the flame
Onward to the flame
I don't know what happens next, but I'd love a decent rest
Onward to the flame

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from Onward to the Flame, released August 5, 2013

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Sam Bodary Columbus, Ohio

I am a human and I bashfully try to connect with other humans sometimes.

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Apr 27

Judson & Moore

Chicago, IL
May 11

Nun Kulturraum

Karlsruhe, Germany
May 12

Kopf und Kragen

Fürth, Germany
May 14

NEUNEINHALB

Bayreuth, Germany
May 15

Beatpol

Dresden, Germany
May 16

Franzis im Kulturzentrum Wetzlar

Wetzlar, Germany

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