Name: The One with the Gun
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: #9 in our fortnightly releases. Another solo track from Emma - Oli is taking time off to attend to something very important and exciting.

The One with the Gun

by Trash Can Dream

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#9 in our fortnightly releases. Another solo track from Emma - Oli is taking time off to attend to something very important and exciting.

lyrics

Dressed up like a tough guy today
badges and uniform
tell the world it's gonna be ok

Misdemeanour between a finger and a trigger
half a second and his life changed forever

was a weapon drawn
was a weapon drawn

In the moment of heat
I was only trying to keep the peace
God knows I was so afraid and just by chance
I was the one with the gun

I was the one with the gun
she's turning sixteen and her demons have won
spiralling down in her imagination
every moment is tinged with trepidation

So they understand pen and paper in hand

Those that love me dry your eyes
this is getting too much and I'm so tired
Certainly there's peace to come and besides I am
the one with the gun

I am the one with the gun
Young men gather to worship the one
hatred disguised as divine revelation
anger hides behind courage and elation

Watch them on the way
this is what they say

faithful people never die
nothing here on earth compares to paradise
this is an act of love of lucky me, I am
the one with the gun

I am the one with the gun....

and the book has won.

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released December 8, 2018
Emma Grace Stephenson - lyrics, keys, vocals

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Trash Can Dream New York, New York

Hello! We are Trash Can Dream, a duo of New York-based Aussie expats and yes, we're a couple! ! Our band is named after a line in Elton John's 'Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters', a song about the bittersweet polarities of opportunity and struggle in NYC, and being 'thankful' for the 'people that I have found'. ... more

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