Honey, how’d it all go down?
Suffocating, black wedding gown
Or were you born to bleed?
I cut you out your magazine prize
Roses down and your eyes barely dried
Oh, were you just like me?
‘Cause if I had known
You as the child you wore
More than the dress you tore
Outside Saturday night
If I’d been born
Two score and twelve before
Would’ve held you forever more
Inside out it’s alright
Ariel
Babe, who let that bulb burn out?
Brightest just before the breakdown
Oh, but did no one see?
I cut you out, your words become mine
Roses brown but your eyes, they still shine
Always for you everything
‘Cause if I had known
You as the child you wore
More than the dress you tore
Outside Saturday night
If I’d been born
Two score and twelve before
Would’ve held you forever more
Inside out it’s alright
Ariel
Part the clouds and come down to me now
‘Cause if you were here tonight with me now…
I don’t believe in destiny
But you and I, we were meant to be
But you’ll never know what you’ve meant
To me now
‘Cause if I had known
You as the child you wore
More than the dress you tore
Outside Saturday night
If I’d been born
Two score and twelve before
Would’ve held you forever more
Inside out it’s alright
Ariel
‘Cause if I had known
You as the child you wore
More than the dress you tore
Outside Saturday night
If I’d been born
Two score and twelve before
Would’ve loved you forever more
Inside out it’s alright
Ariel
credits
from Soft Edge,
released September 24, 2021
Alex Hastings: vocals, guitar, organ
Mike Flores: electric guitar
Megan Storie: backing vocals
Kelly Upshaw: drums, bass guitar
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Alex Hastings
Additional engineering on “Ariel” by Kelly Upshaw
Mastering by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
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