[Verse 1]
Step forth, unbar the skies,
For I’ve atoned my burdens fully, ready for the end’s reprise.
I sensed my path was sealed,
The fates we thought had faded only honed their fiery steel.

[Chorus]
Have you lingered long,
For me?

[Verse 2]
I am the final spark, I am the flame,
What’s lost in ancient scrolls will carve my essence in its claim.
Sift through the ash and stone,
What use are dreams of flight when all the heavens stand alone?

[Chorus]
Have you lingered long,
For me?
Have you lingered long?

[Verse 3]
No matter what we crave,
We share a hunger for each other and a few brief years to brave.
No matter what’s the truth,
It feels that even in eternity, your shadow walks with me.

[Breakdown]
Break the chains, reveal my name,
Ash to ember, spark to flame.
Where shadows fall, my truth remains,
Bound in hunger, born in pain.

[Final Chorus]
Have you lingered long,
For me?
Have you lingered long,
For me?
Have you lingered long,
Through the ash and stone?
Have you lingered long,
Calling me home?
Have you lingered long,
For me?
Have you lingered long,
For me?

Lingered Long

Part two of the soundtrack to a story about Cornish smuggling

God Knows I’ve Tried

Empty House Blues

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The Mark of the Beast

slightly out of tune

7. The Law and Nothing More

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“Misalignment” dives into the quiet, persistent feeling that something inside has been off for a long time — not enough to break you, but enough to tilt everything by a few degrees. The song uses the metaphor of a crooked swing to explore how life can drift out of balance in ways that are subtle, internal, and easy to overlook.

On the outside, everything seems normal: you wake up, you work, you function.
But inside, there’s a pull — a sideways tension you can’t name, but you feel it with every step.
As the track unfolds, the narrator realizes the truth:
the imbalance isn’t caused by anything external.
It lives within him.
A millimeter here, a slight shift there — and suddenly the rhythm of life no longer flows the way it used to.

The rock chorus opens wide with emotional weight, capturing the frustration of sensing that something doesn’t run clean, even if you can’t yet explain why.
By the end, the song doesn’t claim resolution.
Instead, it arrives at honesty:
admitting that something is crooked is the first step toward setting it right.

aa“Misalignment” is raw, reflective, and deeply human —
a confession wrapped in melody, and a moment of clarity wrapped in noise.

Misalignment

Dream On - Aerosmith

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