Dust
from Rope and Ladder by Rope and Ladder
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lyrics
I built my faith from ground up, I laid every stone
I stood on it through storm and wind to see if it could hold
I built my whole life all by the sweat of my face
I hand-picked every brick that I laid
I built the trust and reverence of man with bloodshed and bare hands
I stood alongside them so we could lean on our shoulders and hold each other up
When the winds and waves got rough
I built my whole love out of everything I had left
I gave her everything I had left
Everything I had, everything I was, holds nothing in size to what I would become
With my faith, friends, life, and love building me up
But all I’ve made and am made of
It all collapsed to ash at once
It’s gone
It’s dust
It’s all dust
It’s all it ever was
I tried to build a better man, but I was piling sand ashore a rising tide
And all I could do was watch it wash away, a little every day
I was never up to me to decide, no matter how you fortify
You live, you love, you die
All you get to leave behind are all your ashes in a pile
It’s gone, it’s dust, it’s all dust, it’s all it ever was
If it’s all dust, my body and blood
God and a heaven above, and unconditional love
Then this is all dust
My pain and my pride, these walls which confine
And all I’ll need is time, time is all I have
I will see to my rise, I will hunt what is mine, and I will take it all back!
I stood on it through storm and wind to see if it could hold
I built my whole life all by the sweat of my face
I hand-picked every brick that I laid
I built the trust and reverence of man with bloodshed and bare hands
I stood alongside them so we could lean on our shoulders and hold each other up
When the winds and waves got rough
I built my whole love out of everything I had left
I gave her everything I had left
Everything I had, everything I was, holds nothing in size to what I would become
With my faith, friends, life, and love building me up
But all I’ve made and am made of
It all collapsed to ash at once
It’s gone
It’s dust
It’s all dust
It’s all it ever was
I tried to build a better man, but I was piling sand ashore a rising tide
And all I could do was watch it wash away, a little every day
I was never up to me to decide, no matter how you fortify
You live, you love, you die
All you get to leave behind are all your ashes in a pile
It’s gone, it’s dust, it’s all dust, it’s all it ever was
If it’s all dust, my body and blood
God and a heaven above, and unconditional love
Then this is all dust
My pain and my pride, these walls which confine
And all I’ll need is time, time is all I have
I will see to my rise, I will hunt what is mine, and I will take it all back!
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from Rope and Ladder,
released February 7, 2020
Violin by Josh Knowles
Violin by Josh Knowles
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Rope and Ladder Boston, Massachusetts
Rope and Ladder is the band and rock opera created by Jay Clark and Ryan Dolen.
The project has
been more than 10 years in the making—in that time, Jay and Ryan pieced together a narrative of epic scope steeped in intrigues of war, love, and betrayal.
The album balances delicate piano against distorted guitars, driving the palpable tension that accompanies the rising stakes of the plotline.
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Feb 2020
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