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VIREMIA

Music/Lyrics by Sam Carroll

Death follows, creeps inside my bones
A grip upon my shoulder tight as the devil takes his own
I got a pocket full of fortune with no where for it to go
What’s the point of gold if you’re holding it with
Frozen fingers, rotten toes?
I got a minute to win before the devil shows
If there’s a ledger, I’m in it
And I don’t hate to admit it
But I’m committed, omitted another lie

I’m feeling weighted, heavy
A stone’s throw away from brick and mortar
I’m ready to bury underground for a millennia
Viremia, take me home
Dig me up, find nothing but bone
It’s coming, creeping
A cold wind whisper on my shoulder
Seeping down to the bone
Oh viremia, viremia
Take me home to the valley where the free men roam
Mmmmm, the lights go dim and the breathing’s slow
Mmmmm, if you see death come, tell him I’m ready to go

Carve me out, bleed me hollow
Cadaverous inside
See for this emptiness I can swallow
But from the devil I can’t hide
I hear a whisper in my ear about the consequence of pride
Heaven knows I tried to be true to who
My Momma taught me wrong from right
But when the devil came, you better know I lied
And now that death is a comin
I’m gunna try to out-run him
Race him and gun him
I’m not ready to die

I’m feeling weighted, heavy
A stone’s throw away from brick and mortar
I’m ready to bury underground for a millennia
Viremia, take me home
Dig me up, find nothing but bone
It’s coming, creeping
A cold wind whisper on my shoulder
Seeping down to the bone
Oh viremia, viremia
Take me home to the valley where the free men roam
Mmmmm, the lights go dim and the breathing’s slow
Mmmmm, if you see death come, tell him I’m ready to go

You know I reach for God in the daylight
Sleeping or awake
Though I speak the words, I’m forsaken
I know the road that I must take
You see I sold my soul to a nightmare
For pennies and for shame
And now the devil’s set to collect this debt
This is a fate I cannot shake

I’m feeling weighted, heavy
A stone’s throw away from brick and mortar
I’m ready to bury underground for a millennia
Viremia, take me home
Dig me up, find nothing but bone
It’s coming, creeping
A cold wind whisper on my shoulder
Seeping down to the bone
Oh viremia, viremia
Take me home to the valley where the free men roam
Mmmmm, the lights go dim and the breathing’s slow
Mmmmm, if you see death come, tell him I’m ready to go

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