How Many Years (Have I Carried the Flame)?

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Wasted and wounded
Whenever I see your face
I ache to forget
But you are in my dreams dear
The night you cried in my arms
I thought you were my destiny
You scattered my ashes
Into the barren sea

How many years have I carried the flame?
What was the plan for me?
To be alone in all my strife?
I desire to hold you in my arms

I know you believe in god
But this is the truth dear
I didn’t believe
Till I knew you

How could there not be
When I see an angel in front of me?
Your wings cut off
By the bleak world

How many years have I carried the flame?
What was the plan for me?
To be alone in all this stark
I yearn to kiss you in your bed

Please God be good to me
May we forever be in love
Please send a cupid
From heaven above

As the stars die out
May we shine our light
From the darkness
Of what we used to be

How many years have I carried the flame?
What was the plan for me?
To be alone in my own hell
I burn to be within your thighs

I pine for you to hold me in your heart
I long for you to hold me in your arms

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from How Many Years (Have I Carried the Flame)?, released April 18, 2023
Song written, produced, and performed by Jake McNeillie
Engineered and mixed by Beau Eastlund at The Golden Lab Studio Springfield, OR
Mastered by Thaddeus Moore at Liquid Mastering Eugene, OR

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