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20060608 - There Were Signs

from The Song Diary I by Paleo

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THERE WERE SIGNS

The evening of the flood.
Clocks dipped in blood.
I know.

Everybody freeze.
Bodies in the street.
I know.
I know.

I have an idea: we could run away together.
There are faces in the fire.
Man, we thought we knew you, but you became a stranger.
There were signs, I know.
Mister, you are out of control.

In this our darkest hour.
Pawns drunk with power.
I know.

The animals are waiting for a sign.
Dead is dead, and who is next in line? Who knows?
Mister, you are out of control.

It's written in the dust.
It's whispered in the trees.
They know.
I know.

I have an idea: we could run away together.
There are faces in the fire.
Man, we thought we knew you, but you became a stranger.
There were signs. You know,
lately, I've been looking up my dreams.

Going fast, the passes for the ark.
Trap is set. Are we the scarlet marked? I know.
Mister, you are out of control.

Tree by tree the possums hang.
The lips of guns, the hearts of tanks
beating as the drummer sang
harmony to crying wolves
down thin red lines of paths primrose.
Mister, you speed out of control.

Go and get 'em boys.
The dead will dance like toys.
I know.
I know.

DAS - Seattle, Washington, USA

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from The Song Diary I, released April 15, 2007

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