Emily Jane White Washed Away
[Verse 1]
Modern industrial life
Takes your soul in its fangs
We might as well be all washed away
If I don't hang on tight, if I let myself stray
I will lose my sight and I will be washed away
[Chorus]
And, oh, some days I walk my own
Oh, my own pace
It takes away the heartache
[Verse 2]
It seems no one has their own eyes
And we all speak from the cage
Are we living in fright
Consenting to be washed away
[Verse 3]
I'll lose my heart, my own eyes
I'll lose the smell of the rain
As I walk, aimless in the night
I will be washed away
[Chorus]
And, oh, some days I brush the palm
Oh, of my hand
Across the face of this forgotten land
[Verse 4]
I left my print in the sand
Organic mark made
I got up and walked in the night
And I refused to be washed away
[Verse 5]
The burden of modern life
The heart it beats and it prays
Forever to walk in the night
And never be washed away
[Outro]
And, oh, some days I walk my own
Oh, my own pace
It takes away the heartache
And oh some days, I brush the palm
Oh, of my hand
Across the face of this forgotten land