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One Day The Piper Will Expect To Be Paid

from All Is Lost by El Misti

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You stole my heart, but you gave me sight,
Like a whole in the ceiling of hell letting in the light,
I know that you know about the power you hold,
I’ve tried to live without you,
But I can’t breathe without you.

Every time I climb over one of your walls,
The higher that I climb the faster that it falls,
I get covered under stone,
Suffocate alone,
Dust myself off then I head back home.

One day the piper will expect to be paid,
I’ll have to try and sleep in this bed that I made,
I don’t think I’m ready for reality to bite,
So, I’m going to beg for a little more time.

It’s not like I need it,
But my defences have been happily depleted,
And now I can’t keep you away from me,
You’ll always return to your favourite sin,
Baby you consume me,
Still, you stare right through me.

Every time I climb over one of your walls,
The higher that I climb the faster that it falls,
I get covered under stone,
Suffocate alone,
Dust myself off then I head back home.

One day the piper will expect to be paid,
I’ll have to try and sleep in this bed that I made,
I don’t think I’m ready for reality to bite,
So, I’m going to beg for a little more time.

Every time I climb over one of your walls,
The higher that I climb the faster that it falls,
I get covered under stone,
Suffocate alone,
Dust myself off then I head back home.

One day the piper will expect to be paid,
I’ll have to try and sleep in this bed that I made,
I don’t think I’m ready for reality to bite,
So, I’m going to beg for a little more time, time, time.

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from All Is Lost, released July 26, 2021

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El Misti Frodsham, UK

Ten years after a chance meeting in a humid Rio de Janeiro hostel, Cheshire/Liverpool band, El Misti, finally release their debut album.

From Nashville to Santiago de Cuba, Memphis to Manchester, Liverpool to Laurel Canyon, and Belfast to Woodstock, the needles of musical diversity and political discourse glide elegantly over El Misti’s debut record. ... more

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