Cathedral Walls

from Dust Windows by Kingsley Flood

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Down in a town in a house in a room in a bed
The new revolution never made it to the pen from the head
The shoes in the hallway are tied but they’re not worn
The vows in the diary down but they’re not sworn

And Charlie’s outside, standing in line, waiting for word from a man in the sky

Oh father can you hear me outside cathedral walls?

The dust on the window’s a moat for a powerful king
From outside a prison from inside freedom will ring
Papa’s got pictures of old and he looked like me
But they’re stuck in a room in a corner box that you can’t see

The hats in the hall are much too small but I’d like to think I can fit in them all

Oh father can you hear me outside cathedral walls?
Oh Papa are you listening through those damn Wisconsin bells?

Call it a prayer, call it a lie, but nobody gets out of life alive

Oh father can you hear me outside cathedral walls?
Oh Papa are you listening through those damn Wisconsin bells?

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from Dust Windows, released April 3, 2010

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Kingsley Flood Boston, Massachusetts

With features in NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, Boston and Washington, DC sextet Kingsley Flood straddles the line between high energy indie rock and introspective folk.

With its "signature high energy" (Rolling Stone), the band has played the main stage at the Newport Folk Fest and has been dubbed "Boston's best live band" (Boston Herald). ... more

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