Music
Only a Scratch Run Time: 6:04
Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1997
taken for granted
taken to task
i lost my bearings
i dropped my mask
over the limit
under the curse
got sick on the main course
but here's the dessert
you can almost hear a pin drop
where it hurts the most
you can feel the hammer fall after
dad finishes his last work
and i know i'm reeling
life goes so fast
i know i'm bleeding
but it's only a scratch
and all of your maps
are torn and rent
surveyor's findings are of
dubious content
with all that you swallowed
you're starving like before
the entrance to your dream home
looks like a prison door
you can almost hear a pin drop
where it hurts the most
you can feel the hammer fall after
dad's ugly work
say that you're dreaming
the third time down fast
and i know i'm bleeding
yes but it's only a scratch
so come all ye weary
ones that languish
come ye disconsolate
and sore distressed
i heard my dad's voice
near the river of pain
near the river of love
they were one and the same
you can almost hear a pin drop
where it hurts the most
you can hear the hammer fall after
Dad finishes His best work
and i know i'm reeling
life it goes fast
and i know i'm bleeding
yeah but it's only a scratch
Did You Know?
Two degrees of separation: In "Only A Scratch," Bill uses the line "Come ye disconsolate," which is the title of the hymn from which the title for one of Bill's most popular songs, "Earth Has No Sorrow" is taken from. You wanted to know that.
Appeared On…
- Slow Dark Train (1997)
- BillTunes June 2006 (2006)