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Hold This Flame
04:34
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hold this flame
fold this wave
make me wait
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Ladybird, What's Wrong?
04:02
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one by one I watch them piss into the sun
saying ooh I win
now follow me
my oh my
is it your moment now to shine
paint circles round your eyes you holy beast
dancing round and round
until we fall down on the ground
some turn to pebbles
some turn to seeds
a forest will arise
hearts plunge in wells of light
every happy-ever-after on its knees
ladybird, what's wrong
is it the atomic bomb
or all the poison leeching into the sea?
golden buzzard fly across a curling paper sky
cold light of truth so blinding
we can't see
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Breadcrumb Dance
05:59
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what a crock is alchemy
sure, there are worlds I cannot see
so many worlds I'll never know
I look for breadcrumbs in the snow
to lead me back into that blazing night
where there's no self, no wrong or right
I don't know much about astrology
but it doesn't do anything for me
what's the rising sign of that foal
that little wild goat, all those squirming tadpoles?
too many souls to enumerate
bureaucracy is such a headache
how many gods used to run this place
threw up their hands, went into real estate
golden calves and bleeding hearts
potter's fields and missions to mars
blessed or cursed, what a mess we've made
drain the host, stake our bloody claim
I do my best to ride this wave
to tread softly
to misbehave
I do my best to ride this wave
to tread softly
to misbehave
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Woolly Mammoth
04:59
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in a field of tiny buzzing flowers
a herd of woolly mammoths graze
mist curls round the distant sleeping mountains
the beasts' black eyes shimmer with moon rays
way up in the firmament of heaven
homeless stars are making up their beds
some are dead and some of them are living
some are floating somewhere in between
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The Oven Bird's Song
04:35
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heart of this rock is a molten core
hot tears fall
ice crystals form
worlds unmake, embraces fray
bones mend and the dance begins again
I've excavated all I can
felt the emerald pulse on the riverbed
the oven bird's song I'll never understand
as buds break on the flesh of a burning branch
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Without Any Eyes
04:15
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like sandcastles swallowed by the ocean at night
cackling flames devour without greed or spite
darkness creeps in like a wildcat
fangs sink and savour the bite
just lie there and wait
a flock of shimmering birds
will gobble your eyes
now your heart is empty
and a full moon on the rise
everything's made new again
you see without any eyes
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Wayfaring Stranger
05:06
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instrumental
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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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