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The Protector

from Protector / Passerby by Dave Smallen

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You on the brink of every ledge
Tortured star of the scene
Getting high on righteous rage
Thirsting wild into the trees
I shaved your head to that tender moon
Trailed you into the tide
And as the waves like mountains grew
I held you high, pressed you thigh to thigh

I was always the protector
In your light I cease to be
I was always the protector
But who’s protecting me?
Who’s protecting me?

You with the crown of burning blood
Frozen hard in the hands
Spinning weak in hysteria
Sinking on the razor’s edge
I pulled you up from that crumpled pose
Spread your arms open wide
And in your horror, stiff as stone
I was crucified to you, eye to eye

I was always the protector
I walk your desert on my knees
I was always the protector
But who’s protecting me?
Who’s protecting me?

You fill the sky with sun, with rain
Rush of glory, blush of shame
You are the blood, I am the stain
Just say I’m good, don’t walk away
Burn and bludgeon, stab or steal
For this love, forever sealed
So this wound should never heal
Just lay it on me, lay it on, lay it on

I was always the protector
They bury you they bury me
I was always the protector
But who’s protecting me?
I was always the protector
You pull me down and out to sea
I was always the protector
But who’s protecting me?
Who’s protecting me?

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from Protector / Passerby, released May 10, 2018

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