Hard to be a thief

from Only shelter to give by Pale rider

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lyrics

Purpose slips away
whenever I think too much about it
I think maybe I am free
because I know that they are not
I am weighing charcoal on a scale
your old birthday cards
No free will, just a function
It is not who you are
it is what you look back on when you are old
From this cell I reach out through bars
just to watch it slip through my fingers
I am weighing silver on a scale
and purpose slips away
Hard to be a thief
when everybody's on their guard
We are on an ocean
and your boat is so small
you’ve got to push it, push it, push it back in
and I am weighing every pleasure on a scale

credits

from Only shelter to give, released October 3, 2021
lyrics & composition + guitars & vocals ⌀ Jarl Viktor Schultz
drums & percussion ⌀ Niels Tornøe Kappel
harmonium ⌀ Daniel Marslew
bass guitar + production ⌀ Johannes Marslew

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Pale rider Copenhagen, Denmark

⍭ Pale rider ⍭ is a countrypunk contraband based in Copenhagen and Småland. Debut LP is out in early October.

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