DESCRIPTION:
Track 10 from Shapero's album, Songs from the Big Wheel. Vocals by Marissa Nadler.

The journey's over. You stand on the threshold.
The lamp is lit. Your beloved lies within.
Through the wheeze of your fading wind, you hear me sighing.
What deep and twisted workings these have been.

Your back is hunched. You're cut and bleeding.
There's little left but longing. That's the cost.
So many dark and dead-end tunnels, but
You found your way to the one you thought you'd lost.

Let go of your breath and slide beside me.
Enter the glittering Eden of Hope's vein.
My torrent—a bounty that never ceases.
My riches shining through the crystal panes.

At the shift's end, the dark time will be over.
Into the light I'll glide on steady wings.
And the best of you will be with me.
Studded in my sheath of private things.

A ruby locked in a crystal setting,
Caressed by the pulse of golden waves—
Of all my mortal keepsakes, none so treasured
As the heart you gave away.

-

Rich Shapero
acoustic guitar, mandola

Marissa Nadler
vocals

Son of Dave
harmonica, percussion

Marc Ribot
electric guitar

Rob Powell
pedal steel

Joe Gore
electric guitar

Andy LeMaster
electric guitar

Original artwork by Donald Pass

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