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Thirst

from Knowing by Terrain

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You can lead a horse to water,
But some will swear you can't make them drink
Stranded out in the Sahara, with a stubborn mule
That's been pushed past the brink

And as the sun peels at my skin,
I see mirages in the dunes of sand up ahead
Delirious, and barely lucid, I traveled on
To prove a point, I assume

I'm gonna be out here awhile
Yeah, maybe I might die out here in awhile
But I get by

We all believe in isolation,
That our observations are astute
If I truly thought that I could cross the desert alone,
You'd find me buried in those dunes

Such is the nature of men,
We're confounded and blinded by our arrogance
Forming broad assumptions and extravagant ideas,
From perspectives paper-thin

And I'm repeating this history again
It's a lesson never learned, a message never heard
Wake me up to humility, 'cause I think I've got it

But that's always been a lie -
I'm a victim of my own pride
In the heat of the Middle East, I'd likely die
Before I realized I traveled so far in vain

What once appeared like an oasis,
Vanished into steam before my eyes
I cursed an unforgiving sky
For a riverbed that had always been dry
Between my distress, and my defeat
For a moment, my consciousness was clear
It was I who led the horse away from water,
And my fault I was here

I'm running on empty again
It's a penny never earned, another bridge I've burned
To a greener side of grass
If I wasn't such an ass,
Maybe I'd see the error of my ways
When my convictions hold too much sway

Planting trees, like the months turned to weeks in July,
Oh, I hadn't noticed the season changed

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from Knowing, released May 23, 2020
All lyrics and music by Randall Mentzos.
Recorded and mixed by Jared Jordan.

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