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The Ballad of Hell Gate

by Grace Leckey

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Hell Gate gets lonely
This time of night
I'm locked in the moment
I lost you in that bitter fight

It feels like an altar
At the base of the bridge
I still pray by that lamppost
And leave unfinished songs like offerings

When will I find you? When will it end?
When will I find you, find you again?
When will I find you, find you again?
What more can I do when Hell Gate won't let me through?

Heaven can't help us
Heaven was wrong
You started with forever
But the running didn't take so long

Now it feels like a graveyard
And you feel like a ghost
And I feel crazy for loving you
And leaving roses by that old lamppost

When will I find you? When will it end?
When will I find you, find you again?
When will I find you, find you again?
What more can I do when Hell Gate won't let me through?

But I look for you like a magpie collects her strands of silver
Oh I look for you like a lost family heirloom
Like inheritance, like a cheat card
Like a wedding band in a junkyard

I'm a tornado chaser
I'm a child with a razor blade
A lioness at the break of day
I'm a gambler with debts to pay

Is it grief? Is it greed? Devotion to a need?
You bowed your head to the mirror while I walked to you on my knees

But I remember you in the river running higher than I'm used to
I remember you in the slivers of broken bottles
I'll build you a kaleidoscope
But without a light, you're without a hope

You're a sprinter with a heavy load
You're a rose, you’re a crown of thorns
You're a promise a fallen angel warned
You're a holy book that I'd adorned

In our grief, in our greed
Are we dead? Are we freed?

Hell's not a fire
It's not a disease
It's deeply deeply loving you
And watching you leave
Over and over
Again and again
When will I find you, find you again?
When will I find you, find you again?
What more can I do when Hell Gate won't let me through?
Oh, what is Hell Gate?
Hell Gate keeps me from you

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released August 5, 2023

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