Rose Street Music: Irina Rivkin music

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Ducking from Shadows (c)1999 Irina Rivkin
vocals: Irina Rivkin & Rebecca Crump
guitar: Emily Shore bass: Woody Simmons

your warm heart could not keep your cold hard hand
from striking like a hammer fueled by the red hot anvil of your wrath
i tiptoed tightrope in futile attempts to dodge your rage
now i trip myself on that rope though i'm no longer in that cage

stop ducking from shadows, sound sway me from inside
sing what i know, let my gut be my guide
words bubble sink and spill
into what is finally mine and real

i want to take that fire that fed your rage that was
i want to use it to burn the tightrope that is
free fall to the other side of fear
now that i have known for years
that the jagged metal that was the edge of your hand
can no longer shake me or break me, my stand

stop ducking from shadows, sound sway me from inside
sing what i know, let my gut be my guide
words bubble sink and spill
into what is finally mine and real

clenched fist unfurls
i feel it burn
heart rips its seams
my stomach screams

(chorus) stop ducking from shadows . . .
into what is finally mine and real

(repeat chorus) … into what is finally mine & real