Immortalized

from Heart Shaped Rocks by Ben Gallagher

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Written by Ben Gallagher-organ, vocals
Brian Esau-banjo
Jamie Mitchell-lap steel guitar
Heath Ellis-mandolin
Kramer Kelling- bass
Alex Venetucci-drums
Tung Pham-trumpet
Robin Chestnut-shaker

lyrics

Everybody’s going to be immortalized
by the end of our many sordid lives
and we will reap everything that we have sown
and take nothing with us but our souls.
Dust to dust, you know how this one goes
We will rust and then we’ll decompose
and we’ll leave it all behind and await another life to try again.

There is meaning hidden in this life
though it may be impossible to find
and a purpose that is buried like a gem
and a chance that will never come again.
Dust to dust, you know how this one goes
We will rust and then we’ll decompose
and we’ll leave it all behind and await another life to try again.

Time slips away and our years will fade
‘til the dream that we hold in our heart starts over.

Like a dog that senses the eminence of death,
we sit and we wait ‘til there’s nothing else left
‘til the dream that we hold in our heart starts over.

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from Heart Shaped Rocks, released January 13, 2015
Engineered by Joe Turse and Ben Gallagher, mixed by Joe Turse and mastered by Jon Gold

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Ben Gallagher Boulder, Colorado

Ben writes songs about women he’s loved, damning the man and existential curiosity/dread.

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