moon IV: the birds could not sit still

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lyrics

low low & low are the clouds that have yet to form
low & with vacant eyes we wait upon a newer sky
to see the world before its time to wake itself
low low low...

it wakes again
again, i wake
again

had the skies not been so, & the birds not been vicious, perhaps we wouldn’t have been unkind, but a shut window stops not the percolation of night into your vision, that spinning song, sick song, a polyphony of jealous hearts sing my decision, low are the clouds & persistent is the tune that tap, tap, taps its fingers on your window sill & the birds could not sit still & the birds could not sit still & the birds could not sit still & the birds could not sit still

the lampposts bear witness to an empty street
the fall has left us with nothing but snow & I
was here am with you

am gone

your eyes finally open
in search of a familiar face
you won’t see me
i won’t be there

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from star, star, released November 17, 2023

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