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Crooked Fingers – Black Candles (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Crooked Fingers
Breaks in the Armor
Black Candles

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Crooked Fingers

Black Candles

Release date: 30th September 2011

From Breaks in the Armor

Track 6

2:49

Folk Music Alternative

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About This Track

"Black Candles" is a track by Crooked Fingers, from the album Breaks in the Armor, released 30th September 2011. The track is 2:49 long. It's filed under Folk. Full lyrics are available below.

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Crooked Fingers

Crooked Fingers

Lyrics

Black Candles

Fill my days up from the bottom

Climb to the top and watch the whole thing go

Tumbling down from the mountain

Onto a sleepy tourist town below

She comes to me a ghost on the water

Sifting the border through the digger bee holes

On the screams of La Llorona

Howling and moaning in the dead moon glow

I had a dream I stole away

Into the light and then the light just faded

I have a dream I never follow

Black candles burning in the kerosene rain

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Track details

From Breaks in the Armor

2:492011

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Album

Breaks in the Armor

Crooked Fingers

1st October 2011

Track number

6

Release year

2011

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