Don't Give Up Hope (Spero)

from Lumen Naturae by A Rancher's Son

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‘Spero’

Written and composed by Alexander Nikolas Shenton

I don’t want to be the one to disappoint you
But i found my voice growing in the filth of counter culture
Amplified electrics, tattoos on jaded skin
Every show like its the last idols martyred by sins
Blood sweats tears, the endless trips
I give it all; I never quit
Hanging on by a single thread
I’m dueling doubts inside my head
Well...
Little boy country lost to the game
Called it quits, no fame to claim
Did I lose myself as I walked the line?
Grind my teeth into the sands of time
I’m spitting out light sacred lyric divine
Words cut from flesh are what I leave behind
Crumpled my heart into a single phrase
Squeezed out ink until I drowned the rage.
The silent tears they fall so soft
Rust my razors edge
My hands are shaking
I’m losing the fight
I cant give up
No
No tonight.

No, don’t give up hope
Don’t let up up, go
Get out there - write your story
No don’t give up hope
Don’t let up, go
Get out there - write your story

Life ain’t like a record
Can’t spin to start again
Words on my tongue turn to ash
I cant pretend
You shoulda been this, you shoulda been that
You shoulda know that you never had a chance
Voices swell so loud
Demons behind my face
Choke back flames as I run the miles
Bad knees, bad back, and I’m in denial
This it how it ends
Boy, you better be brave
A bitter heart begs to quit the stage
Stitched on my sleeve, caught in my throat
Saw a kid sing my song note for note
Stopped me in my tracks
How could I be so wrong?
So fascinated with imagination
Held the keys
To my own salvation
The light within that I hoped to give
I’m giving hope
That’s all there is
Every now and then I think back then.
Just a sad kid who thought
‘This is the end’
Abandoned by god, I believe in love with all my heart.
I swear it’s
ENOUGH.

No, don’t give up hope
Don’t let up, go.
Get out there write your story.

No, don’t give up hope
Don’t let up, go
Get out there write your story.

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from Lumen Naturae, released April 13, 2018

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A Rancher's Son Pincher Creek, Alberta

discography

Golden Boy

Feb 2020
Ademoneo

Nov 2019
Jessily

Aug 2019
Lumen Naturae

Apr 2018
Scraps

Sep 2016
Haven

Jan 2016

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