Shade me from the Sun

I'm standing on this bridge Looking down Into the waters A million insect wings Are beating Beating in my head   But still these river waters Run deep Those crystal cool cool waters Run deep   Keep this cancerous sun Out of my eyes Keep it from my skin The stillness of the air Disarms me It strips me bare   But still these river waters run deep Those crystal cool cool waters run deep   The days grow long The days are growing long The days grow longer still Shade me from your sun Shade me from your sun   Words by Mark from "Cactus Farming At The Ends Of…

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Language of Spirits

My friend, music is The language of the spirits When birds sing, do they call to the flowers Or do they call, to the trees, or to the streams?   For man in his understanding, cannot know What the bird is saying Nor what the stream is murmuring   When the ocean Waves crash upon the shore Can man in his understanding know What the rain What the breeze What the flowers know?   Man in his understanding Cannot know What the bird is saying Nor what the stream is murmuring   In your depths We deposit all our hearts All our soul   The spirits taught us to see with…

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Storm Girl

The smell of flowers Is always on her lips and The mysteries of life are in her eyes And she said you men fear all things Even yourselves Even the sky   The daughter of the forests Drew closer And laid her perfumed hands Upon my burning eyes And she whispered to me Can you feel it my love Can you feel it my love In your dreams In your dreams In your dreams   Words by Mark from "Cactus Farming At The Ends Of The Earth" first published by Miracle Grow 2001.

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Mir

Silence, is such a fearful sound Someone pull me, from this metal box Far above the atmosphere I'm looking down to where the oceans never sleep They never sleep   Electric storms and solar flares Flashing through my dreams This waking nightmare In the wakefulness of the ocean There's a medicine For the spirit That cannot rest I'm waiting for the tidal wave   Close your eyes Let the whirlpool, take you under Close your eyes Can you see the colours burn Close your eyes I'll Take you.....   How long can I keep awake Across this endless silence And all these meteor showers All this time, this precious time Spinning…

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