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Lazarus, Come Forth!

from The Last Man by Oliver Franklin

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“Oh distant father, ancient father,
Why have you forsaken me?
I can't see my jailer's faces,
Would someone turn the lights on…:

She wears these prayers like ashes
Like her only children,
And says "Be still,
They’re only sleeping"

But when she sleeps,
She dreams she hears some ancient voice cry
“Lazarus, come forth!”

And in this dream she feels her shaky fingers
Tear her bones up from the earth

there is a light that shines in darkness,
a plea from the infirmary
the nurses hide their faces
they’ve got a brand new skin on

you gotta get it out past the wall
the truth ain’t safe from the law
but out where the desert flower grows,
the child is waking

But when she sleeps,
She dreams she hears some ancient voice cry
“Lazarus, come forth!”

And in this dream she feels her shaky fingers
Tear her bones up from the earth

They say “Kill the queen, the queen is dead,
Long live the king, long live the king!”

Perhaps the child is waking, perhaps the child is sleeping,
Perhaps the child is crying
Perhaps the child is waking,
Perhaps the child is sleeping,
Perhaps the child is dying

But when she sleeps,
She dreams she hears some ancient voice cry
“Lazarus, come forth!”

And in this dream she feels her shaky fingers
Tear her bones up from the earth

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from The Last Man, released July 1, 2015

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Oliver Franklin Boulder, Colorado

Oliver Franklin is a songwriter, composer and performer from the Pacific Northwest who now lives in Colorado. His raw but literate songwriting is a consistent through line as his musical explorations wind through ambitious electronic settings, gritty folk noir and lush psychedelia. ... more

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