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Violetta is a Mad Bird
03:02
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Violetta is a mad bird
I pick flowers as they bloom out of her eyes
the weather is harsh
& the weather is mild
Violetta is a mad bird
she can't hold a grudge or forget how to fly
the weather is harsh
& the weather is mild
ferry me across the ocean of looking-glass fire
and along the writhing road to paradise
o this gift of life
a sweet bouquet with fangs
a wish granted at a shackling price
Violetta is a mad bird
I pick flowers as they bloom out of her eyes
the weather is harsh
& the weather is mild
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Lesser Known God
03:50
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hey princess
would you burn down your house for me?
hey princess
would you lay down your life for me?
I'm a lesser known god
& you've probably never heard of me
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Your Bones
04:09
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open the skylight
let the snow drift inside
take off your clothes
I want to see your bones
I want to see you shiver
before I take you on
stand against the wall
tilt your head just so
I want to see you shiver
I want to see your bones
I have swept this floor
more than a thousand times
and every time it's new
every time I awaken
a new world has bloomed and died
here we are you and I, snowblind
reflect me in your dilated eyes
the blackest sun by candlelight
a great white lily spiked
with a rosy fire
open the skylight
let the snow drift inside
take off your clothes
I want to see your bones
I want to see you shiver
before I take you on
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Be Good
05:05
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be good
to your brother
he won't follow you forever
and there's too many strangers
in this world
if I'm no good
well, you're no better
you can shun
tar and feather
but my wound
is my shield now
it won't heal
I'm the fox
in the meadow
I tear the sweet flesh
from a swallow
but the bitterest feathers
linger on
so be good
to your brother
he won't follow you forever
and there's too many strangers
in this world
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I don't know, but I have been told
that the streets of heaven are paved with gold
I prefer silver, and to each their own
in any case, I don't really want to go
let me sing in your ear
turn your blood to stone
turn your heart into a blackbird
so she can fly away home
home is wherever you shed the most dust
a pound of flesh in particulate shards
I don't know, but I have been told
that my vision gets muddy and my heart it grows cold
that my wishes will twist me, and desire corrodes
I watch the straw men burning and heaven swirling with snow
in any case, I don't really want to go
let me sing in your ear
turn your blood to stone
turn your heart into a blackbird
so she can fly away home
home is wherever you shed the most dust
a pound of flesh in particulate shards
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My Beloved's Pulse
06:20
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I lift a latch
and I step into a glittering sky
I found a trapdoor in this wretched night
an amethyst eye
in the void
as dawn lights fire
to the bones of ravenous ghosts
a smile on your sleeping face
clips the wings of a howling storm
a wild dove's nest
the drum of a distant surf
my hand rests
on my beloved's pulse
dare the world
to break my fall
dare the world
to test my love
I lift a latch
and I step into a glittering sky
I found a trapdoor in this wretched night
an amethyst eye
in the void
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Avi C. Engel Toronto, Ontario
they/them
I'm not writing the same song over and over so much as writing one long
continuous song that will end when I die.
receive all new music in digital form: www.patreon.com/aviengel
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