One Tear Tomorrow - Tombstone Chronicles IX Aura - Holworks Music - 2026 all rights reserved
Holworks Music - publishing, label
Meristolis and the AI Choir - vocals and production
Tim Tew for his painting. He is a kick butt bass player too!
Mark S. Holman - song, final production, keyboard
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The road had been long — the kind of long where the miles blur into regrets, and the rearview mirror holds more weight than the horizon ahead. He was no stranger to storms; they'd come in waves over the years — lost love that cut deep, promises that crumbled like dry clay, nights when the bottle whispered louder than reason. But tonight wasn't about drowning. Tonight was about choosing.He pulled the old truck off the shoulder just before dawn, engine ticking down like a tired heartbeat. The dashboard lights cast a soft orange glow across his face, catching the single line of salt water that finally broke free. It wasn't a flood — no dramatic sobbing, no rivers carving canyons down his cheeks. Just one tear. Deliberate. Honest. Enough to carry the weight of yesterday without pulling him under.He let it fall, watched it trace a slow path, glint once in the fading night, then disappear into the collar of his worn flannel. In that moment, something shifted — not with fireworks or epiphanies, but with the gentle certainty of grace arriving right on time.One tear tomorrow, that's all I'll allow
Wash away the weight, right here and now
No flood, no river, no drowning in blue
Just enough to let the old me through He exhaled, long and slow, the way you do when you've been holding your breath for years. The sky was starting to blush pink at the edges, promising another day that didn't have to carry the same baggage. He turned the key, eased back onto the highway, and for the first time in too long, the road felt like it was leading somewhere instead of running from something.This isn't a song about breaking. It's about the quiet strength it takes to let one tear do its work — to honor the hurt without letting it define you, to release just enough so tomorrow can breathe. In the Aura chapter of the Tombstone Chronicles, where everything glows with that soft, luminous light after all the colors have passed, "One Tear Tomorrow" stands as a gentle reminder: heali
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One Tear Tomorrow
One tear slipped down in the rearview light
Caught the dashboard glow, then vanished from sight.
It didn't scream, didn't break, just rolled on slow
Like it knew where all the broken pieces go
Yesterday's storm still hangs in my chest
But the road keeps turning and won't let me rest
Spikes in my crown from the fights I have won
One tear tomorrow and then I am done.
One tear tomorrow, that's all I'll allow
Wash away the weight, right here and now
No flood, no river, no drowning in blue
Just one tear tomorrow, then I will be through
Yeah, one tear tomorrow... the healing is new
Earring swings like a pendulum swing
Counting the hours till the morning brings
Something softer than the ache I know
A little grace in my face's afterglow
Painted my pain on a canvas of sky
Orange fire rising, no need to ask why
That single drop fell, but it didn't stay
It carved out a path for another day
One tear tomorrow, that's all I'll allow
Wash away the weight, right here and now
No flood, no river, no drowning in blue
Just one tear tomorrow, then I will be through
Yeah, one tear tomorrow... the healing is new
One tear tomorrow
Fades into dawn
One tear tomorrow
And the fight is won
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