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A song of regret and guilt as well as the helplessness of being the one who is still here.

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Was it in a bottle or a much deeper dive?
Sleepin’ it off, keepin’ barely alive
Lies i told you, lies I told myself
Hopelessly lost. Resistant to help

Stolen credit cards, stolen trust
All for a couple grams worth of empty rush
Glance in the mirror scars hide the guilt
Spurned every warning burned every bridge I ever built

CHORUS: I walk each day with a stone in my shoe
A reminder of the pain I had put you through
I think of each time I let you down
It should be me…six feet in the ground
It should be me…six feet in the ground

My darkness spread like an oil spill
Demons took me in of my own free will
Yeah it should be me gone far too soon
It should be you sipping wine under the moon
CHORUS

BRIDGE: Where do I hide…
when there’s no tears left to cry

You brought me here unconditionally
Sacrificed, fed and clothed me
I’m still here, not sure why or for how long
I’ll try to make it right, undo some of my wrong
CHORUS

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from Particles to Pearls, track released June 3, 2022
Music & Lyrics by Mike Ward

Mike Ward- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals and Acoustic Guitar 

David Roof- Bass 

Dave Keeney- Lap Steel

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by David Roof
Recorded at Rooftop Recordings, Grand Blanc, MI

Mastered by Jim Kissling at Jim Kissling Mastering, Ferndale, MI

Cover Art by Dave Toennies, Ton-Yes Design, Hamtramck, MI

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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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