Name: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Pt.1
Duration: P00H03M51S
Description: Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Pt.1

from The Frontier Three by EJ O'Reilly

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Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce

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That old Turpentine Trail
Runs along the southern ridge
Passing by the piney wood
and swings down to Owl Creek Bridge

Where stood a man,
Whose hands were bound,
Around his neck, a tether
The water below, he prayed
Would forgive those
Who fell from Owl Creek Bridge.

Onto piney wood he cast his sight,
Longed to walk beyond it
Escaping it seemed
All but a dream he thought

For on the northern shore,
A thousand troops
With rifles towards the sunrise.
The sergeant marked the end.
Lieutenants took his ground.
He dropped from Owl Creek Bridge

As he fell through the bridge
He was swept into a dream:
A thousand statues stood
Whose eyes were fixed
Upon the man with hands bound
Who fell from Owl Creek Bridge.

Oh, great fire wrapped around his throat
Choking him as the rope it took hold.
He was taken by pain
Taking every inch
As he hung from Owl Creek Bridge.

All at once, the rope gave in
And to the depths he was taken.
Hope in his mind,
Spared from being hanged,
But to be drowned
Was too much to take in.

Break those bounds man
That bind your wrists
But mind a thousand rifles
Cause they’re waiting on the surface
And set your sights
On that Southern Ridge
Far from Owl Creek Bridge.

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from The Frontier Three, released January 30, 2020
Written by EJ O'Reilly
Performed/Produced by EJ O'Reilly and Sam Thomas

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