Do the Math

from Beyond the Great Beyond by Tom Savage

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It's a long road when it's raining
And the sky won't let you see the sun
Been on the run but my conscience is gaining
Wish I could admit to the things I have done

Looking at you in the dark that night
Your blank eyes staring back at me
I never promised you the world
Never claimed to be your destiny

we are shadows of the past
lost on our way to what we became
You don't need to consider me anymore
don't need you to remember my name

chorus

And we love and we leave
Screen door swinging in our path
2 subtract 1 = 1
it aint hard to do the math

I first met you as a child
Now I leave you as a man
There are things i would go back and change
but i know i never can

The highway draws me closer
You're standing still and getting further away
I had a daydream that I held you close
But you crumbled from the pressure of decay

As the dust settled in the snow
All that once was was now a memory
I'll see you again one day
Or the closest facsimile

Chorus

The mountain range looks down upon me
The prairie glows in my rear view mirror
It took 1000 miles of driving
To finally realize what was always so clear

Now as you drift off to sleep
Never again to wake on this shore
Don't need to consider my name
don't have to remember me anymore

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from Beyond the Great Beyond, released September 8, 2020
words and music by Tom Savage

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Tom Savage is what one might refer to as a triple-threat. One part truth-telling troubadour, one part death-defying guitar slinger, and one part Country Blues howler. Each facet of his formidable on-stage persona carefully crafted over a 20+ year devotion to the composition and performance of song. Tom is a true believer. A disciple of melody and harmony and tempo and timbre. ... more

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