Name: Cross the Road [live on WOBC]
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: “Cross the Road (Live)” (2006). Recorded on WOBC in Oberlin. Bass and tambourine by Pete Steffy.

Cross the Road [live on WOBC]

from Overkill: Outtakes from the Empty Mirror by Empty Mirror

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“Cross the Road (Live)” (2006). Recorded on WOBC in Oberlin. Bass and tambourine by Pete Steffy.

lyrics

You meet me at Professor Street
Where suburban wonders crumble

They lost their battle to the weeds
That have punched right through their windows

Postmodern hope is spent
But will you still not repent?

Overgrowth lives across the street
See, that's our new location

No matter there's nothing to eat
It's our final destination

Take off your shoes and coat
Resolved, we'll cross the road
It's not a long way to go

Happy ends still have to end
Otherwise, there's no "amen"
Here's my motto, plain as you
Will ever hear one:
Join the end

So follow me across the street
Through woods unknown
I know, I know
The ground is cold
But lie with me
Atop the snow
And rest until
We're piled below
Above our guilt
Beyond all toil
Outside of fear
Below the soil

Amen.

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from Overkill: Outtakes from the Empty Mirror, released August 11, 2018

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Empty Mirror Ohio

Born Oberlin, Ohio, 2005. Died Seattle, Washington, 2009.

Revived in 2018 for two posthumous releases: The Mere (the LP we had started when we broke up, completed as intended) and Overkill (outtakes spanning the life).

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