Balm In Gilead

from Infinity Dogs (1994 / 2021 Remaster) by Dolph Chaney

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Staring blankly through empty space
like a frightened child
Broken memories won’t be erased,
nor the heart reconciled
It’s a brutally sad attempt
at reclaiming my fate
Full of bitterness and contempt,
I’m indignant too late

CHORUS
And it’s all just another try
To take it back again and hope to find
A kind of reason why

All I ask for is peace of mind,
a place to rest my head
But I don’t know if I’ll ever find
a balm in Gilead
When I find light, I snuff it out
by running up too fast
So I’m haunted by this nagging doubt;
I can’t outrun the past

REPEAT CHORUS

Re-establishing confidence
seems a meaningless quest
When you view life as pestilence
and an eternal test
I could find it here on this road,
or it might be the next,
But there has to be a place where my load
can finally be laid to rest

REPEAT CHORUS

A place to rest my head / A balm in Gilead

©1994 Dolph Chaney (BMI)

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from Infinity Dogs (1994 / 2021 Remaster), released May 7, 2021
guest: Eric Mellenbruch, cello.

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