Unclaimed Graves

from The Best Of All Possible Worlds by Elway

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The small laments are laid in unclaimed graves
Until none but the heaviest remain
A burden silhouetted in a sideways beam’s anemic light
The living severed from the life

I etched our names into the broad side of infinity
Never dreaming there was ever more than I could see
A billion chance collisions aggregated in a history
To be paved over in the street

Are you a small spark flashing in my brain
Or an old ghost rattling it’s chains?
Either way I’m remembering the way you always used to say
You’ve got to pick which ditch to die in take your lumps and walk away

The lost track of time carves a gulf in between
An eternal return and an exiled dream
So if it’s nothing to you, then it’s nothing to me
To pin the past upon the summer breeze

To land upon the earth you have to fly
Through towering black clouds against a massive purple sky
To be born again then you first have to die
So I headed west under cover of night

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from The Best Of All Possible Worlds, released April 1, 2022

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Elway Fort Collins, Colorado

Elway started back in 2007 as a drunken mess called 10-4 Eleanor. They released a few records under the old moniker before changing their name in 2010 after signing with Red Scare Industries. 3 LPs, 2 EPs, 500+ shows in 23 countries later, they are still a drunken mess. ... more

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