Uriah's Lament

from The Merciless Silence by reliable toasters

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From pinpricks in the darkened sky
Trickle drops of faint starlight
It’s cold enough to see my breath
Well, that’s if I had any left

Life seems to catch you unaware
You may not like it, but life don’t seem to care
My time to wonder is almost gone
Still, I would like to know where it all went wrong

When your hand is stilled there’s no hope for vengeance
When your voice is gone there is no cry for justice
We search for purpose in the senseless tragedy
I’ll soon know what God has in store for me

Another man slept with my wife
And I am just a footnote in the margins of his life
This piercing shaft has brought me down
It's hard to stand against the one who wears the crown

As I stare into pending night
I know first hand in this world something is not right
As my last thoughts drift off to sleep
I know it is the rich man who steals the poor man’s sheep

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from The Merciless Silence, released April 13, 2018

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reliable toasters is the musical appendage of one Douglas R. Anderson, and includes whomever he can convince to accompany him. All of the songs are born out of Doug's interaction with life, ponderings about God, and vice versa. The musical style is a long-simmered stew of many influences. Take a taste and see what flavours you can detect. ... more

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