Covenant from Running Out by Capo Creek

They met by the river under cover of the moon
To talk about the thing they’d done that very afternoon
Not a single one of them believed it would all go to plan
But never in his wildest dreams did he think he’d kill another man

So don’t hold a light up to my face anymore
There’s nothing there for you to see
Won’t you let me hide my disgrace from you all
And don’t you ever hold a light up to me

Was meant to be an easy job, fast money to be had
But now he can’t remember when it was his soul turned bad
Shaking hands in covenant, they swear never to speak the truth
And he knows he’ll never forget the moment that he lost his youth

So don’t hold a light up to my face anymore
There’s nothing there for you to see
Won’t you let me hide my disgrace from you all
And don’t you ever hold a light up to me

A decade of wondering if they ever would be found out
Then he gets to asking himself what was all the fuss about?
Kiss his baby boy goodnight, join his wife in bed
But still those midnight hours are the ones he has come to dread

So don’t hold a light up to my face anymore
There’s nothing there for you to see
Won’t you let me hide my disgrace from you all
And don’t you ever hold a light up to me

So don’t hold a light up to my face anymore
There’s nothing there for you to see
Won’t you let me hide my disgrace from you all
And don’t you ever hold a light up to me

• Acoustic
• Adult Alternative
• acoustic folk
• blues folk
• break up song
• murder ballad
• outlaw country
• social commentary
• Australia