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Writer's picturePaul Grove

Dead Man’s Hand

Updated: Jun 8, 2024


V1

We are mysterious

We are the light you cannot see

Stranger’s eye is curious

Danger idiosyncrasy


Flush with diamonds flashing red

Hide behind a rictus mask

Hearts unbeaten am I dead?

Play the part in which I’m cast


Chorus:

Dead man’s hand the aces stand

The pair belongs between us

Three the eights

Recalculated

Dead man’s hand


V2

A club that’s thronged with empty eyes

Ante for a thousand years

Win nirvana loser dies

Endless music of the spheres


To dirt the spade was not the end

The game it came eternally

A choice to fold or raise defend

Or burn infernally.


Chorus:

Dead man’s hand the aces stand

The pair belongs between us

Three the eights

Coordinated

Dead man’s hand


V3

Bluff is called an urgency

Eye casts faces traces there

Stakes are all eternity

A flash to ash an empty chair


Dealer draws the final hand

Stealer soul is under threat

Warpath to a promised land

Call at last the final bet.


Chorus:

Dead man’s hand the aces stand

The pair belongs between us

Three the eights

Eliminated

Dead man’s hand

Dead man’s hand



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