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Dragon's Bones

from Axehandle Road by The Orchards

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lyrics

razor sharp, there in the looming dark
my eyes to yours like they're moths
when we dream we meet in that frozen scene
and dissolve just like breath touching frost

holy mother mary, there's blood on the snow
i had no time to raise shields
he felled me with one single blow

on the shore, i kneeled down i prayed for more
as if time could be poured out like tea
from dragon's bones, i built you a royal throne
to behold what i was too blind to see

in the court of the pharaoh, the judgment comes slow
way down in our marrow
we thought we knew but we don't know

once we had love that we laid on our mattresses
we pulled it up, found it's seed and then scattered it
red running secrets with fingers like icicles
sail down the street and away like they're bicycles
rosehips and rye bread and sweet coriander
we measured out all of the tastes we were after
so hang out the laundry and hope that we live through this
when all that i wanted from you was forgiveness

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from Axehandle Road, released March 14, 2014

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The Orchards Portland, Maine

The Orchards were the songwriting project of Pennsylvania native Eric Schwan, based in Portland, ME and featuring a revolving cast of musicians adding orchestral and ambient textures and harmonies to his simple, folk-based songs. They released their LP, "Sing Birds, In Your Shrinking Woods" on Apohadion/Burst & Bloom Records with a final show on September 15, 2019. ... more

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