From the recording Looking out a Picture Window
"When we heard about the King Sooper shootings that killed 10 people in 2019, [10 murders, doubling the prior 10 years of murders in Boulder, CO], Susan went to her writing room and came out with this lyric... I got very lucky with the chord structure I found for this one. I wish this song could make a difference in ending the insanity."
Bill Nash (guitars and lead vocal)
Dave Nachmanoff (bass guitar, viola)
Megan Kleven (harmony and OOo vocals)
Lyrics
Track 10 - Blink of an Eye – Susan Miles/Bill Nash – Standard Tuning - Capo 2
In the blink of an eye, with the cock of a gun
You lay on the floor where you tried to outrun
The streak of a bullet, the heat from a gun
You were only 20, a life just begun
Chorus
In Boulder, Colorado, peaceful little mountain town
There’s snow on the mountains, there’s blood on the ground
Pausing breath just to listen, hidden corners in a room
A path of bloody footprints, smoke of gunfire looms
Troubled souls prowl the darkness, sometimes see the light of day
Their shots pierce the madness, draining life blood away
CH
Bridge
Do the sirens in the distance come for me
In the clearness of this vision, I can see
That he pulled the trigger, he held the gun
Now we’re held accountable
For the deeds that he has done
outro
While in Boulder, Colorado, in the flatirons shadowed ground
Shots will echo thru the canyons till all arms are laid down (3x)