“They Still Follow” is a dark, driving song about forever being followed by your demons. It features high energy, heavy acoustic and electric guitars and has a grunge/country feel.
lyrics
Here you see me run through the fields under moonlight at midnight
Trying to free myself from the demons, they are always biting
See this soul on my sleeve, ragged from valid attempts to flee
But they still follow me yeah, how they still follow me
They still follow, now they still follow me
What else can I be as long as they still follow me?
They still follow, yeah they still follow me
How else can I breathe as long as they still follow me?
Here I run dirt road under feet, will they follow me to my grave?
... My final resting place
All the years spent countless times wondering what was in line for me
But you see, they still follow me
They still follow, yeah they still follow me
What else can I be as long as they still follow me?
They still follow, I cannot be free
How else can I breathe as long as they still follow me?
They still follow, please set me free
Long eternity, as they still follow me
Oh, the more I plea, no they still follow me
They’re still inside of me, inside of me, yeah
Still follow, still follow, still follow, now they still follow me!
Still follow, still follow, still follow, now they still follow me!
For eternity, down onto my knees, they’re inside of me
Yeah, they still follow me
For eternity, down onto my knees, they’re inside of me
NOW THEY STILL FOLLOW ME!
Still follow, still follow, still follow, now they still follow me!
Still follow, still follow, still follow, now they still follow me!
credits
from Missing October,
released May 31, 2015
Written by: J. Coursey Willis
Produced by: Bryan Ewald, Steve Wright, J. Coursey Willis
Bryan Ewald: Guitar, Keys
Dan Carlisle: Bass
Jason Butcher: Drums
J. Coursey Willis: Vocals
Recorded at: Wright Way Studios & The Elsewhere Room
Mixed at: Wright Way Studios
Mastered at: Goldtone Masterworks
Artwork by: Tucker Joenz, J. Coursey Willis
Photography by: Tucker Joenz
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