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We Go On

from Cold Traveler by Drover Shy

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I was lost down in the basin with my knuckles cracked from cold.
When I came upon a sparrow buried knee deep in the snow.
He smelled of southern whiskey and he hiccuped when he spoke.
He said, “Why continue onward, when the balance has long been broke?”

I made him a bed in my coat pocket and we headed through the canyon.
And the Moon soon lost its grip and left its children all abandoned.
My friend had drifted off, but then he jerked awake and ranted,
“This world soon must be culled of its poets and romantics.”

“Tell me, how long, do we go on, and labor in vain?”

We were nearly to the crossing when a howl ripped through the grey sky.
I said, “ All your caterwauling antics have finally stirred a wolf pack nearby.”
He crowed, “Do we only accept the good, and simply cast the terrors aside?
They say to choose the narrow road, but don’t tell you it’s covered in horned vines.
Have we believed the only Truth or a philosophy of old lies?”

“Tell me, how long, do we go on, and labor in vain?”

We made it to the hilltop, but my traveler was noiseless.
The poison in his heart became the poison in his whole chest.
I couldn’t help but weep as I hovelled out a new bed.
I marked it with a stone, and his final words I left etched.

“Tell me, how long, do we go on, and labor in vain?”

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from Cold Traveler, released March 25, 2014
All songs written and performed by Tory and Emory Davis

Recorded at EDRC Studios in San Pedro, Ca
Recording engineers Topher Hook & James “Chase Green” Brown
Mixed by Topher Hook, Chief Engineer at EDRC Studios
Mastered by Kurt Wipfli at Wiptrax Mastering Studios, San Antonio, Tx

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Drover Shy Los Angeles, California

Drover shy is an acoustic-folk duo from nowhere in particular, currently based out of the great and terrible sprawl of Los Angeles. Drover shy’s music is characterized by visceral storytelling and strong acoustic guitar-driven rhythms. Influenced by the nature's haunt, the workers toil, and the darker side of human proclivities, their music is sharp, catchy, and quietly eerie. ... more

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