Name: Sins of the Father
Duration: P00H03M55S
Description: “Sins of the Father,” was recorded in summer 2018 at The Track House in Nashville, TN, with production, engineering, and mixing by Keller Moore. All music and lyrics written by Andrew Kirell.

Sins of the Father

by Andrew Kirell

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“Sins of the Father,” was recorded in summer 2018 at The Track House in Nashville, TN, with production, engineering, and mixing by Keller Moore. All music and lyrics written by Andrew Kirell.

lyrics

Looking out on the horizon
Machine guns, turrets, and blades
Washes his face in the water
Hasn't seen his skin in days
Steps draw near round the corner
Looks another man dead in the eye
Sees his wife, his family, his children
Pulls the trigger and watch him die

Paying for the sins of the father
Paying for it every day
With the ashes of our dead children
A thousand miles away

Patrols the streets in the darkness
His head full of thoughts of a bed
Shots ring out in the dead of night
He looks down, his shirt is red
Stumbling for a place to fade away
Empty house with the lights still on
Staring out on the horizon
Just blood and sand and bones

Paying for the sins of the father
Paying for it every day
With the ashes of our dead children
A thousand miles away

Now everyone stands in their corner
To think about what went wrong
When no one stretches a hand out
The fires burn on and on
History repeats itself nightly
What's done is what'll happen again
Should’ve gone out looking for answers
But instead I wrote this song

Paying for the sins of the father
Paying in for it every day
With the ashes of our dead children
A thousand miles away

Paying for the sins of the father
Paying for it every day
With the ashes of their dead children
A thousand years away

credits

released September 21, 2018
Andrew Kirell — vocals, acoustic guitars, harmonica, tambourine.
Hank Compton — baritone guitar, electric guitar.
Justin Schipper — pedal steel.
Keaton Williamson — bass guitar.
Austin Valentine — drums.

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