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I travelled north to hide

from Army Of Briars - 30CD (2007) by Army Of Briars

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lyrics

I travelled north to hide

I travelled north to hide
in the long light’s white skeins
the cities
frozen puddles
scratched crystals
all things stand naked
all things cast shadow
the dirt itself

I travelled north to hide
in the black gale
a long drag lit with take-aways
the cities in rivers of scent
night has no stories
only the precious muck
of now

I travelled north to hide
in the loving silk of rain
miles of iron horizon
the road reflects rags of sky
under the trees a drumming of feathers
wet camouflage of beech bark
wet star-chart of ferns
a solo crow’s reminder

I travelled north to hide
in the ghost-park
on the abandoned bandstand
to sing this ditty
into all the universe
jets etch the flawless sky
wet leather of the bright oak’s leaves
magnesium piercing over snow-moor

I woke from long terror
my face on the grass

after all things were looted
I woke to all things

I was an axe broken on stone
I was a massacre of ants
I was a dimension filled with death
I broke on the city like surf
yet I woke and danced through leaves
by the decrepit factory
whatever I did I could not starve
words ran to me for protection
I held close to angels while the traffic fought
I saw the absolute moonlit fox
walk through the streets like a forest
I was a treasure smuggled past x-rays
by remembering
I saw the same open sky’s cathedral
every day for a thousand years
I slept and woke again and slept
and still the garden persisted
still my love cut me living from the gallows
and healed me under a roof of thorn

credits

from Army Of Briars - 30CD (2007), released February 1, 2021
Keith - words
Julie – voice
Tim – guitar, bass synth
Martin – organ, laptop, mellotron
James Archer – spoken voice
Emma Hindmarch – spoken voice

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