without the world
i hope one day to find you here
we fell for the devil to rise
from The Last Garden, released November 5, 2021
who's got tomorrow?
who's got tomorrow anymore?
i've got the sun going down on my knees,
the last word of Solomon
coming in on the breeze.
i was a school girl,
i did the work.
i was the cattle
trampling the dirt,
i fell for the story.
i fell for the glory.
i fell for the angel's demise.
i fell for the devil
to rise.
who's here for the music?
who's here for the music anymore?
there's the facade to maintain.
never mind that the essence
was slain.
we've got the sun going down on our knees,
the last word of Solomon
going out on the breeze.
we were the school kids,
we did the work.
we are the cattle
trampling the dirt.
we fell for the story.
we fell for the glory.
we fell for the angel's demise.
we fell for the devil
to rise.
without the world
from The Death of Our Invention, released April 6, 2018
i will never join the forces.
why don't you come and bathe with me?
the rocks are still warm
from the sun.
though they try and change my mind,
find me dancing on the shore.
my body is still warm
from the sun.
we removed our clothes
a long long time ago.
naked in the air,
back
without the world.
don't be afraid to live your essence.
i hope one day to find you here
freedom's ever warm
from the sun.
the creed
from The Last Garden, released November 5, 2021
they dug away the hills,
dug away the oceans
and waded through the bones.
i can't find a reason,
i can't justify a creed,
i can't see your fear
where your fear should be
i can't see your fear
where your fear should be.
they dug away the elms,
dug away the essence
and waded through the bones.
can you find a reason?
how can you justify the creed?
I can't see your fear
where your fear should be
I can't see your fear
where your fear should be
Birds of Passage is an ambient, minimalist, experimental music project about the anthropocene, by the New Zealand poet and singer-songwriter Alicia Merz.
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