Ten Tales

from Broken Circle EP by Man Called War

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Ten tales I tell of myself
and the cradle I'm stepping out of.

One is the voices of passing strangers
saying terrible things in their cars.
One is a puppet that somebody untied
but still dances along with the strings.
One is a face someone poured from a bottle
to be young, to be beautiful again.

Ten tales I tell of myself
and the cradle I'm stepping out of.

One is the dusk covered in black flies-
they pour out of her silent mouth.
One is a rope made of dead man's wisdom-
I keep waking up with it in my hand.
One is a ballet being fought in the alley
between the dancer and the doubt.

Ten tales I tell of myself
and the cradle I'm stepping out of.

(One day I will come home)

One is a cup held by drunken priest-
everything tastes holy to him.
One is a wheel held by a fisherman-
to him home is just debts no honest man can pay.
One is what I have been- it's all that I am-
but it's wedding bells ringing in a ghost town.
One is what I will be- it's all that I am-
but it's anger running through a still-born sea.

Ten tales I tell of myself
and the cradle I'm stepping out of.

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from Broken Circle EP, released September 28, 2015
Brendan Bormes: Piano

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Man Called War Des Moines, Iowa

Man Called War is Rob Kelly, a Des Moines based singer-songwriter.

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