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There’s nothing wrong with having some repressed guilt from childhood. Ultimately, it helps us look inward, process past memories, and focus on the journey ahead.

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I FOLLOW

I followed my sisters and brothers
I followed the temptation of others
worked hard to fit in…inside a different skin
I begged, stole and borrowed…but mostly I followed

morning mass…a heathen acolyte
heaven or hell…well it could be either side
said all my childhood confessions
not sure now about any of those lessons

I followed…the stations of the cross
gave credit for the wins…took blame for every loss
I prayed that those wafers…were actually the savior
cheap wine was the blood I swallowed…I served and followed

cut off jeans and faded t-shirts
six packs, cigarettes.. driving round the outskirts
wasting our lives, our futures, our pasts
hoping to death that the die had not been cast

I followed the dream we were sold
could not tell the truth from lies we were told
tried to outrun…the things that I’ve done
just to make it through tomorrow…oh I followed

Bridge: to avoid detection, hide my own reflection, an acne filled complexion, a guilt ridden erection…falling far short of perfection

now I follow the road less travelled
turn by turn the secret gets unraveled
I will follow a girl…to the ends of the earth
my soul no longer hollow…my heart I follow
oh I follow my heart I follow…oh I follow

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from Love Never Rests, track releases April 7, 2033
Mike Ward- Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar

David Roof- Fretless Bass, Piano
Grant Flick- Violin

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mike ward Detroit, Michigan

Lyrically-centric, vocally-charged folk songs. Those are what singer-songwriter Mike Ward loves to create. Living in Detroit, Mike grew up listening to Irish music. Influences are Jason Isbell, Bruce Springsteen and John Prine. His writing echoes along empty sidewalks, on country backroads, in family portraits, and in the thin lines between joy and tragedy, love and loss, past, present and future. ... more

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