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In this, the third song from Tennessee Stiffs' new EP "Raise the Tide", Death plays her lute and beckons you to follow. It's magnetic, unavoidable, and beautiful.

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There’s something evil lurking in the shadows
Waiting for us just around the bend
Just because you started down this lonely road
Doesn’t mean you’ll ever see the end

It’s a wind that blows and no way you can stop it
A gale that tears and rips across the seas
Measuring all the lands before it
To spread its bony fingers over me

I wish we could’ve seen it coming
I wish that there were any other way
But when Death grabs her lute, and softly starts strumming
Just pray you get to see another day

The tune she plays is thrumming up my eardrum
It’s threatening to burrow deep inside
Once you start to humming, there’s nothing you can do
When Death’s around there’s nowhere you can hide

Sing along, she’s bellowing her tune
Conjured clouds to dim the brightest moon
Step in line and sway to the somber beat
And soon enough she’ll sweep you off your feet

Some say she’s getting ready for her opus
Her melody sustains the darkest night
Yet I can hear it linger come the morning
And echo ever upward to the light.

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from Raise the Tide, track released October 1, 2020

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Tennessee Stiffs Red Wing, Minnesota

Tennessee Stiffs formed in late 2011. Fueled by their eclectic musical interests, they were determined to create something never heard before. Seamlessly blending blues, rock 'n' roll, folk, and alternative country into a powerful and provocative product. They released their third album, a concept double LP "Dearly Departed" in 2022, and now reside in Red Wing, MN. New acoustic album in the works ... more

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