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Heart of Rags
05:16
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winter is past
rains over and gone
songbirds still singing
in a fallen world
flowers dilate
new bodies form
songbirds still singing
in the scrapyard
sun burns a hole
unearthly eye
songbirds still singing
in scaffolds of fire
delivered at last
scarecrow sighs
take me in your arms
sparks could still rise
heart of rags
doused in kerosene
burning clean
burning clean
the chapel is cold
shadows dancing close
masquerade ball
sweat and starlight and strobe
bells lacerate
the desolate dawn
songbirds still singing
can we ever go home
winter is past
rains over and gone
songbirds still singing
in a fallen world
heart of rags
doused in kerosene
burning clean
burning clean
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Silver Scythe
06:23
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sun goes down on devils and swamp things
heiresses and petulant kings
salamanders and wolves
bats and mourning doves
daisies, daffodils, baby's breath, and foxglove
merciful moonrise
silver scythe
cleave my voice from my blood
sun goes down on grifters and night messengers
ghost town mansions, nuclear poisoned earth
sun goes down on the lovelorn and the besieged
stillborn beasts, storms of swarming bees
merciful moonrise
silver scythe
cleave my voice from my blood
sun goes down on street preachers and talk show hosts
termites and butterflies, ferris wheels covered in snow
glass blowers, fire breathers, elegant thieves
shimmering lakes and blight-stricken trees
merciful moonrise
silver scythe
cleave my voice from my blood
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On Nightingale Wings
04:30
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queen of hearts in a wash of blue
you bind with gold rags your half healed wounds
take the elevator to the high rise roof
watch the city burn
I'm just waiting for the wind to change
for new eyes to see
wild dogs feast on nightingale wings
everybody needs to eat
queen of hearts in a haze of gold
lilies embalmed, fear never grows old
gather your skirts walk out in the snow
your footprints softly glow
I'm just waiting for the wind to change
for new eyes to see
wild dogs feast on nightingale wings
everybody needs to eat
queen of hearts in a reign of stone
golden hour bathes every branch and bone
night birds sing as the bloodshed starts
dissolve with me in the dark
I'm just waiting for the wind to change
for new eyes to see
wild dogs feast on nightingale wings
everybody needs to eat
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the cherry trees have all been cut down
and the moon lies in a bucket
stars sleep on the ground
shadowless, our forms confound
green horse grazes on black flowers
gazing softly into space
yesterday we lived forever
the grasses grew into the clouds
night market full of lonesome ghouls
shades dressed up in borrowed light
looking for a little joy tonight
or a hole in space and time
green horse grazes on black flowers
gazing softly into space
yesterday we lived forever
the grasses grew into the clouds
little sparrow when you sleep
do you dream of stealing bread?
or are you lost inside a storm,
eyes painted gold, sky blood red?
green horse grazes on black flowers
gazing softly into space
yesterday we lived forever
the grasses grew into the clouds
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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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