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Blood Red Skies

from Homecoming by The Ragged Flags

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Through the woods underneath the setting sun
From my past and pursuers I must run
Crimes of passion that haunt my every day
Sole companion the rattle of my chains
Of my chains — rattle of my chains
Of my chains — rattling a chain

By the river, emerge onto the strand
Hear the wheel turn, salvation is at hand
Boat before me and baying at my back
Wading out in the water cold and black
Cold and black — water cold and black
Cold and black — water cold and black

I been run to ground
I’ve been hounded down
And I kept my hands untied
But I lost my hope on that riverboat
Beneath a blood red sky
Beneath a blood red sky

All the gamblers who welcomed me aboard
All the thieves and the artists and the whores
“One of us now!” with open arms they cried
All their smiles were ravenous and wide
They were wide — ravenous and wide
They were wide — ravenous and wide

Heavy stakes in the games they set to play
Both the thrill and the tide swept me away
Angry thunder and lightning in the sky
Clouds reflecting the crimson in my eyes
In my eyes — crimson in my eyes
In my eyes — crimson in my eyes

I don’t know how long I was in their thrall
Over time as the party starts to pall
Realisation an arrow through the heart
Though I tried I could never disembark
Disembark — never disembark
Disembark — never disembark

You are there in the world
That we had planned
Here I drift in this vessel of the damned
I am gone now to where you’ll never be
I still hear you a-singing in my dreams
In my dreams — singing in my dreams
In my dreams — singing in a dream
I been run to ground
I’ve been hounded down
But I kept my hands untied
And I lost my soul on that riverboat
Beneath the blood
Beneath the blood
Beneath the blood red sky

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from Homecoming, released March 31, 2023

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The Ragged Flags are a UK four-piece with their own distinctive sound incorporating the essential natural juices of rock, pop and folk with the lovely chunky bits of country and blues.

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