I Been Down

from Dancin' with Your Demons by Art Vandalay

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Well the stones they’ve all been thrown
Bridges burned to the ground
I’d a forgot everything if I hadn’t written it down
Had my love stripped away left me for dead
Tied an anchor, tied the chains around my leg threw me to the depths

Searchin’ for someone or something put the blood back in my veins
Draw a circle draw a line on the map
Somethin’ to show me the way
To a life where the rain falls in time
The flood washes me away

And I been down
Down to my last thread
Dancin’ with the demons in my head
Dragged across your riverbed
I been down, I been down
I been down

Stared death straight in the eye
Lover gone for good
Watched her sink to the great below
The greatest unknown
Spiraled down to avoid the void
Oh the tides they just rise
Knowin’ damn well we all gotta sign on to
The great compromise

And I been down
Down to my last thread
Dancin’ with the demons in my head
Dragged across your riverbed
I been down, I been down
I been down

Tried to straighten out the silver lines
Pave a path for my feet
‘Cause the one I’m on is leading me crooked and blind
Swear I’ll make it to redemption
If I make it to the other side
But somehow I got caught between heaven
And the light

And I been down
Down to my last thread
Dancin’ with the demons in my head
Dragged across your riverbed
I been down, I been down
I been down

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from Dancin' with Your Demons, track released April 24, 2009

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Art Vandalay St Paul, Minnesota

Art Vandalay is a Twin Cities-based band that blends the vintage sounds of The Band and the easy-going vibe of J.J. Cale, creating laid-back Americana music with songs that are “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News Tribune).

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