from
Two Rings [7"],
released November 15, 2011
i will sing the ice choir
oh transient defeat
lifeless world, my heart aches like
the wind through empty streets
spared of good tidings,
not dressed in ribbons of gold
and gathering winters gifts untold
a vibrating crystal;
frost-whipped and singing through air,
wait not for me love, i won't be there
feel now for the heartbeat
feel now for the pulse
look now brittle treetops
look now frozen pond...
(can you see yourself?)
i will sing the ice choir
oh transient defeat
lifeless world, my heart aches like
the wind through empty streets
crushed and degraded,
mapped to the black and the white
descending like snow, o' holy night
and you were the whisper
beside the hardening fear;
we'll melt to the language of the spheres
feel now for the heartbeat
feel now for the pulse
look now brittle treetops
look now frozen pond...
(can you see yourself?)
i have joined the ice choir
contracted in the cold
i will sing the aria
when all the birds have flown
***
...now we are the ice choir
in hibernating pose
to listen for the crack of spring
or push against the rose...
(can you see yourself?)