Gates from Ease Back by Emily Haavik & the 35s

Maybe I'll try to knock 'em down
Maybe I'll pass quietly I'll never make a sound
Maybe I'll try to talk my way
Maybe I'll be crying while they're trying to find my name
Those pearly gates are ever waiting

I followed carefully I guess
The fire of revival burning bright inside my chest
You were attracted to the madness
Me, I got drawn into the great deceiver's web

If I make it to the gates of that white city
I'll do my best to make amends and make you see
I'm sure the optimism up there's good and plenty,
But you should have never tried to count someone like me

I keep a record of my sins
Damage collaterally, tear through like the wind
I feel the rising in my blood
Relive the nights, but never undo what I've done
Those pearly gates are ever waiting

If I make it to the gates I have some things I wanna say
The human heart was such a foolish thing to make
You should have known it wouldn't work
You should have known how much it'd hurt
You can't just lock the doors and tell us to keep praying

If I make it to the gates I wonder what the hell you'll say

• Folk
• alt-country
• folk rock
• indiefolkpop
• singer-songwriter
• Minneapolis