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The Holy Mountain

from The Only Answer by Ross W Berman IV

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I've been living with the world these days
I've been thinking thoughts so bleak
The TV is just a hurricane
And the news is on repeat
I've broken every story
I've seen the larceny at its core
I never let it change me
And that's what a story's for
I'm still flipping channels
I still turn the other page
I'm living wit the laziness
I'm living with the rage
I'm angriest at things
I convinced myself not to do
I'm angriest that I'm angry
And that's no place for me or you

But the world is in my living room
The world is in my bed
And the world is just a picture
That I've got inside my head
I want to keep that picture clear
As it fades into the past
But the blurry truth is proof to me
That nothing human lasts,
Amen

I was king of the hill
Until I saw the holy mountain
I sat there on my hillside
And my tears pooled to a fountain
I loved the weary journey
I hated the rocky climb
I cursed my feet beneath me
Just like I did last time
I'm not a dancer, I'm a journeyman
In this funny stage of life
I don't want to purge my sorrow
I don't want to best my strife
I want to walk beside it
I want to show it I am meek
I'm not the man I thought I'd be
But that don't make me week
Eternity's a lie,
but time's gonna last that long
A hymnal is a lesson
Masquerading as a song

The holy led the layman
Now the layman pays it back
Your fever for faith & love
Has been broke by the cold hard fact
That every sinner has a future
Every saint has got a past
And the holy men know all too well
Nothing holy lasts,
Amen

But the world is in my living room
The world is in my bed
And the world is just a picture
That I've got inside my head
I want to keep that picture clear
As it fades into the past
But the blurry truth is proof to me
That nothing human lasts,
The holy led the layman
Now the layman pays it back
Your fever for faith & love
Has been broke by the cold hard fact
That every sinner has a future
Every saint has got a past
And the holy men know all too well
Nothing holy lasts,
Amen

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from The Only Answer, released November 6, 2020

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Chicago-based-wrestling journalist-musician-playwright-raconteur

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