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River of Crows

from The Eclectic Universe by BAAN

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[Part 1]

There is a river of crows in the sky
And they die should they fly too high

Dropping down to the fields
Like black snowflakes revealed in God’s eye

Feather bones and dream wishes
In water and swim with the fishes fry

Where the river flows the river goes the river knows the river shows
the river flows the river goes the river knows the river shows

There is a river of crows in the sky
And they die should they fly too high

They don’t go anywhere
They don’t come back from there
Weatherman they defy

[Part 2]

I thought we were safe in their blind spot
Where no-one would ever find us

It seemed to me that we would never be caught
Death and destruction far behind us

I took the potion the witches brewed
I made sure you swallowed the medicine

But the taste was bitter and I spewed
While you complacently viewed the state I was in

That was when I think I knew
This was the end of me and you

Waited for the river
That Indian giver
To sweep us all away

[Part 3]

The river brings us flakes of gold, tiny rubies, sapphires, rusty nails, old lead bullets, ocean picture stone, adamantine memories of ancient astronauts, pieces of Mars, broken trucks and liquid dreams.

There’s a river of galaxies
Right here in our eyes
Bodies wash down to the sea

When we’re swept away
We are in solution
The whale may never know the tree

Thinking upside down
Fold ourselves into ourselves
Become the quantum field

A cathedral made of bones
Beneath the quiet waves
Another ocean is revealed

There they consecrate
To the memory
Of all truth and rule of law

All you brought to them
Was a crystal gem
So beautifully flawed

[Part 4]

It is by this she will be known
The one who died
The one who’s grown

Her seed will kiss, will then be sown
The one who’s fried
Will be alone

It’s gone amiss, her cover blown
She never cried
She’s in the zone

But not like this, a broken bone
So when she lied
Her voice was
Thrown into the stars between
The spaces in the universe
Sentinels and angels live
With infinite all-knowing love

We are going home to answer
All the questions to be answered
Never let your Meatloaf render
Put the whole thing in the blender

Anything you can’t take with you
Must be left with trusted others
Father mother uncles brothers
Sisters good friends will discover

All you gave them lost in moments
Not forgotten misremembered
Something rotten half defended
From the past we are descended

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from The Eclectic Universe, released March 19, 2022

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Like all musicians I wished I had the same number of limbs as an octopus. My wish was granted, but not in the way I had hoped for. My cephalopod partner is an enthusiastic volunteer from the worldwide animal charity Save Humans From Themselves. We share a special kind of love. ... more

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