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The Windows

from Axehandle Road by The Orchards

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lyrics

tis the season for the taste of treason
when he made you just to break you into two
and scatter the ashes around the yard
when orion slew the lion, he loosed his arrow like a sparrow
across the winter sky
to the room where you were born
the windows in the room where you were born

and right when you began to turn away
he decided to stay

i made a voice that i could use to speak with you
to breathe some life into a stillborn baby
and in the moonlight all the statues came to life
when you touched them, skin pressed against skin
a rite we knew so well
your body became my altar
and the voice i used was echoes of your voice

and right when you began to turn away
she decided to stay

close the door, boy, these winters they can kill you
and i know something else that can too
light a candle in memory of your brother
don't forget how he died unlike any other

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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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