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By Midnight

from The Heart and the Fight by Franz James

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lyrics

In the morning they asked for my eyes.
You can take them I said, gaze up at the skies,
Guess I’ve seen enough things in this life.
But each year passed on is lonelier than the last one,
I wonder is this what growing old is like?
In the morning they left with my eyes.

And at midday they asked for my skin.
Hey it’s just your outer shell, not the contents within.
So smiling I stripped it for them.
I’ve spent each dying day, trying to find a way
To help this cruel world change the only ways I can.
And at midday they left with my skin.

In the evening they asked for my blood.
So I offered my forearm, they filled up a jug.
I fell down and bled out in the mud.
But of all the pain it’s clear, it’s loneliness I fear,
Lying stripped bare, crying in the cold.
In the evening they left with my blood.

And by midnight I had nothing left.
So they spat in my face as a parting gift,
And ill of my name they professed.
But though I’m left more bitter than the harshest winter,
I’ll love them forever with every dying breath.
And though I’m left more bitter than the harshest winter,
I’ll love them forever with every dying breath.
And by midnight I had nothing left.

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from The Heart and the Fight, released November 12, 2021
Composer/guitar/lead vocal/vocal harmony: Franz James
Mixed/produced/recorded: Jonathan Virgona, Aidan Campbell

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Franz James Brisbane, Australia

Franz James is a passionate singer/songwriter from Brisbane, Queensland. His music is inspired by a lot of early folk, with classical guitar influence, and he seeks to express his values and emotion through poetry and song.

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