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II. How Many Years (Have I Carried the Flame​)​?

from Autumn Wake by Jake McNeillie

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Song 2 of the Mermaid Tetralogy

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I felt like I fell into a dark and beautiful dream
My voice cracked
The night we hugged each other
And you were in tears
I could feel your quivering breast
Your sweet, wet, face pressed against my chest
And I felt the desolation of your life
In, this, your darkest hour
Run through my very soul
It seemed we were alone
Amongst the piercing, twinkling, white, stars
That would die out in time
In the obsidian, midnight, bleak winter, sky


While in your hugging embrace
You caressed my back, adoringly, rhythmically, smoothly, and sensually, with your soft, slender, supple, fingers
This was unexpected
How loving, sensual, and personal you were
Your heavenly loins pressed comforting and warm, in endearment, against mine
You spoke softly, sweetly, girlishly, and adoringly into my chest
My heart went soft, in warmth, like honey, at hearing your voice
Speaking as if we were already lovers
As I could feel your warm breath
The smell of the sweet, womanly, fragrance of your soft, thin, long, dark brown, hair
And all I could think is this is the best hug I have ever had in my entire life
I never want to forget this moment with you
So dark and exquisite
I hope I comforted you, like a blanket, in the warmth of my empathy and tenderness
The gloomy essence of your life and this exquisite moment echoed, so much
In my mind, that I could hardly sleep this night

To preserve the ecstasy of the endearing, loving, sensual, heavenly, heightened feeling of this moment
I wrote this song…

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 Autumn Wake, released April 12, 2024
Song written and produced by Jake McNeillie
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Beau Eastlund

Electric guitar, vocals, and spoken word by Jake McNeillie

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