Old Brown Box

from Adrift by Ben & Alfie

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lyrics

8. Old Brown Box

What will you do when the wind stops howling
And the rain stops pouring and the trees stop falling?
Will you still need to run when the lightning is done?
Will you get no peace at all?

Where will you go when the waves stop hitting
And the sand stops slipping from under your feet?
Where will you hide when the waters subside?
Will you get no peace at all?

You left the week you turned sixteen
A life without limits
The whole world beneath your feet
A life without limits
You say you have to keep the peace
And that’s the only way to do it
The irony escapes you
A life without limits

How will you sleep when your spirit runs dry
And you can’t tell what’s real from what’s in your mind?
You say you’re a fighter till the day you die
But you'll get no peace at all

What will be left when the road leads home?
A purple heart in a uniform
What will be lost in the eye of the storm?
Will there be no peace at all?

You left the week you turned sixteen
A life without limits
So much you’d never seen
A life without limits
You say you have to keep the peace
And that’s the only way to do it
The irony escapes you
A life without limits

I’ll sit alone in my old brown house
And I’ll feel like I’m fighting on the old brown couch
And I’ll watch you fall on the old brown box
And I’ll get no peace at all

credits

from Adrift, released June 8, 2014
This track was created and performed by Ben and Alfie Weedon
Ben: 5-string violin, vocals, shaky egg
Alfie: double bass, vocals, ukulele, balafon, mouth trumpet

Mixed and produced by The Sound Tailor
Mastered at Loud Mastering by Jason Mitchell
Artwork by Ben and pennee

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