Once on the Other Side is inspired by the /r/songaweek theme of “Honesty.”
Big, epic rock with a lot of strings, soaring vocals, and unusual transitions.
Lyrics:
Bury me inside my secrets
Fill the hole with a million words
I’ll only whisper at the screaming
Until the air turns into dirt
Forgive the father for his sins
Forgive the sons for rebellion
Forgive the mother for her blame
Forgive the daughters for their shame
Forgive the family for their loss
Forgive the burden for its cross
Forgive the thinkers for their minds
Forgive the thieves for stealing time
Stash your prayers inside the walls…
I can’t stay here in yesterday
I looked past all the best of days
The branches never hold
And the truth forever cold
Keep the fury out of sight
Til the days transform to night
When you reveal your heart
And you live inside your treachery
Gone across the other side
Left the gap still open wide
No reason to sustain
All the reasons now in vain
Keep the treasures tucked within
Beside the memories of them
Turn your eyes up to the sun
Fight a war you already won
Once on the other side
We will know freedom from this pain
Once on the other side
We will see truths for what they are
Once on the other side
We will have our peace
Once on the other side
We will have our time
Pull your prayers from the walls
Forgive us all we are born in sin