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Down to the Water

from Highways and Stars by Brandon Mullis

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lyrics

Let's go down to the water tonight
We'll go stand in the currents of the past
We'll think back to when we were all a family
And stood here last

When this place was the edge of the world
And the world spun around you and I
And the ones who gathered here around us
Could never die

We swam here with three generations
Built castles with this very sand
And if we close our eyes we can feel them
Take our hand

And time is a fire
And we're all standing right in its kindling
And it'll burn unending as memories dry

Let's go kneel at the feet of the ocean
Offer prayers to the gods of the deep
And we'll dig up a trunk full of memories
That we both keep

We'll skip shells on the tide pools at sunset
Breathe deep of those ancient tides
Drink a toast in the Carolina moonlight
To years behind

I'll take you dancing to Shannon Tanner
Finding memories we long left behind
We'll crank up every song by the Drifters
That we can find

And time is a landslide
On the face of the hills we've conquered
But we just move onward, and we abide

There's a time when the ones who've loved you
Move along to a place out of sight
And they leave this resounding silence
That we can't fight

But we walk now in their old footprints
And their path starts to merge with ours
For the ashes of all those memories
Have turned to stars

And we'll stand while the dust of the ages
Rains down from the heavens above
We'll become something more in an instant
On the winds of love

And time is a canyon
Cut deep by a river so violent
All those years in the silence
Where progress hides

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from Highways and Stars, released March 11, 2022

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Brandon Mullis Augusta, Georgia

I'm a primarily acoustic singer/songwriter who's been writing lyrical folk/Americana music for more than 20 years. I play all over the eastern USA, and my influences range from Neil Young to Alice in Chains to Jason Isbell to David Allan Coe. I love good melodies and heartfelt stories, and I try to pass along the best ones I can.

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