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ASH LAND
04:49
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ASH LAND
start light
escalate quickly
pluck my neck like a goose and say
I was wrong
hell night
you can’t forgive me
for being so low to the ground
a crawling thing
wet skin
regard me
who do you now see?
regard me
what do you now see?
and I could take that from you
take it all in my arms
and want to see you
to warm your hands in my armpits oh
that’s right
and look now who’s with me
you could never keep hold of me
i’ll unfurl
regard me
who do you now see?
regard me
what do you now see?
familiar with gravel
familiar with the sole of your shoe
familiar with gravel
familiar with the sole of your shoe
regard me
who do you now see?
regard me
what do you now see?
an ash land, an ash land
an ash land, an ash land
fields of ash, fields of ash
fields of ash, fields of ash
sun blotted out, sun blotted out
plains of destruction, plains of destruction
an ash land, an ash land
an ash land, an ash land
fields of ash, fields of ash
fields of ash, fields of ash
sun blotted out, sun blotted out
plains of destruction
When I lived in you you were a swamp
When I lived in you you were my home
When I lived in you you were a swamp
When I lived in you you were my home
When I lived in you you were a swamp
When I lived in you you were my home
Fetid with dead things I know
but burning like you were my own
regard me
watch me
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2. |
AN AUREOLE
03:40
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AN AUREOLE
I was out in the pouring rain
assailed on the road
seen bare, suddenly —
oh no
under a seeking light
that wheels round my pillow
ruined for life
a corona,
an areola,
an oriole,
an aureole
a corona,
an areola,
an oriole,
an aureole
scrape my pate
with plate glass
scrape my pate
with plate glass
if you’re sure I can’t be spared
then don’t leave me hovering
watching these precious gifts
slough from my body
revealing
a corona,
an areola,
an oriole,
an aureole
a corona,
an areola,
an oriole,
an aureole
scrape my pate
with plate glass
scrape my pate
with plate glass
if I lose
If I lose
the few things I had
don’t let me lose
don’t let me lose
the few things I have
don’t-
don’t- don’t-
don’t-
don’t- don’t-
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3. |
an oriole
00:30
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4. |
LOWLY FLOWER
05:10
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LOWLY FLOWER
he grinds
grinds with his heel, with his heel
powders the glass now he’s heavy
does what he feels
he grinds
grinds down on me, down on me
slipped into his waistband
like money
I never got roused by his cruelty
and I never got out
nowt but a lowly flower
nowt but a lowly flower
when he looks at me
with those goggle eyes
sallow face
red breath
I admit - it feels like a misstep
and when he left
his boxers on the headland
and slithered to the shore
I was prepared to put my face in them
to wipe it on the floor
I never felt correctly connected
and I never will
nowt but a lowly flower
nowt but a lowly flower
(whispered into your prasinous heart:)
I feel for you
and I wanna do right by you
I feel for you
and I wanna do right by you
I feel for you
and I wanna do right by you
I feel for you
and I wanna do right
nowt but a lowly flower
nowt but a lowly flower
I feel for you
and I wanna do right by you
I feel for you
and I wanna do right by you
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5. |
sodden blouse
00:38
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6. |
HIS BECK
01:30
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HIS BECK
at his beck and his call
making love the way he told me to
at his beck and his call
his beck, his call,
his beck, his burn,
his fall
cleft down the middle
split wide open
I was just hoping
for some kind of friend
at his beck and his call
making love the way he told me to
at his beck and his call
his beck, his call,
his beck, his burn,
his fall
cleft down the middle
split wide open
I was just hoping
for some kind of friend
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7. |
THE CAULDRON
03:41
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THE CAULDRON
hit me in the deep place
hit me in the hard black iron
hit me in the deep place
hit me in the hard black- hard black-
don’t it make you wanna
make you wanna turn around and cry
(and I gotta know)
don’t it make you wanna
make you wanna turn around and cry, cry, cry
hit me in the deep-
hit me in the deep-
hit me in the deep-
hit me in the deep- deep- deep- deep-
don’t it make you wanna
make you wanna turn around and cry
(and I gotta know)
don’t it make you wanna
make you wanna turn around and cry, cry, cry
cry, cry, cry
cry, cry, cry
cry, cry, cry
cry, cry
what you told me
(late at night, repeated in the morning)
you might have told him too
(late at night repeated in the morning)
and what he gave me
(late at night, repeated in the morning)
he might have got from you
hit me in the deep place
hit me in the heart like iron
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8. |
hell's flower
01:14
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9. |
HERB DRINKS PETROL
05:11
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HERB DRINKS PETROL
a crackle of heat
swung round off your feet
a faggot of tansy
hung with bright head aflame
borne in a sack
dried on a rack
a fascine of rape
hung with bright head aflame
only succoured by moonbeams
so starving most of the time
that herb drinks petrol and grows
and grows and grows and grows
and grows and grows and grows
(how much longer
how much more
what for?)
(how much more?
how much more?)
one swift knock and she crumbles
one harsh word and she cries
she cry, cries
one harsh word and she crumbles
one pointed look and she cries
she cries
only fucked on occasion
so listless, bereft and resigned
that herb drinks petrol and dies
(how much longer?
how much more?
what for?)
(how much more?
how much more?)
the kind of face
you have to fight to love
the kind of body
you have to give up
10 gardens
a husband
the river
10 gardens
a husband
the river
10 gardens
a husband
the river
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10. |
TAKE FRIGHT
04:50
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TAKE FRIGHT
he dropped into a low-legged lunge
his body was a tight-wound drum
and yet even so,
I thought I could be
between air and snow
he perched up on his ropey shins
his navel rose, he dipped his chin
and I wanted to hold
that quivering thigh
and feel it when he’d go
a slap upon his arse,
to get him started
it always worked on me
he knew that, didn’t he?
somehow
somehow
somehow
somehow
I didn’t know we were through
regardless
regardless
regardless
regardless
I didn’t feel it was true
Now he is halfway out of view
and I can’t deny
I’d watch him till my lips turned blue
with a kind of pride
I’d squat in the frost
I’d let myself get lost
(lost, lost again)
a wink to make me blush
and then desertion
it’s cold but not cruel
forgivable
somehow
somehow
somehow
somehow
I didn’t know we were through
regardless
regardless
regardless
regardless
I didn’t feel it was true
it’s fine but it’s not right
it’s not right
it’s not right
oh take fright
and go
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11. |
lowing
01:09
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12. |
LITTLE CALF
04:30
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LITTLE CALF
little calf
in a big bull
fighting with my elbows
trying to get through
I don’t want
to be warm
inside a leather skin
or hanging in a sling
little calf
in a big bull
fighting with my elbows
trying to get through
blessed with
an eyelash
longer than my arm
brushing on my palm
but hooray,
hallelujah,
thank god, thank god
but hooray,
hallelujah,
thank god, thank god, thank god
little calf
in a big bull
fighting with my elbows
trying to get through
I don’t want
to be told
where to lay my head
or what my skin should hold
little calf
in a big bull
fighting with my elbows
trying to get through
I kept hope
only
as long as I could stand
and now I’m free to fold
but hooray,
hallelujah,
thank god, thank god
but hooray,
hallelujah,
thank god, thank god, thank god
(fall down and get up again)
frolicking
gambolling
playing
on unsteady legs
gambolling
frolicking
capering
frolicking
gambolling
jumping
jumping
on unsteady legs
on unsteady legs
I can’t do nothing for myself
but i would do anything for you
come here, little calf
come here
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13. |
blunt tool
00:49
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14. |
BLACK BEACH
05:00
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BLACK BEACH
hard year
and a wild winter rain
whipping down the lane
taking out nascent planes
calm regained
out here
cold but no snow
nowhere to go
but back on the one stop train
home again
oh me
I know we don’t have time
and we’ve been doing just fine
you’ll be
in a little room far from me
lights up
since Diwali
hanging in communal trees
metal is on the breeze
one big freeze
I need
one big snowfall
to cover it all
take my ability
pin me down
oh me
you’re always on my mind
nowadays
I feel
full up and drunk and peeled
but i’m gonna see
you on a black beach
but i’m gonna see you
but i’m gonna see
you on a black beach
but i’m gonna see you
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15. |
I'M JUST A RAT
07:30
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I'M JUST A RAT
I miss you
thank you
I'm just a rat
I'm just a rat
I'm just a rat
I'm just a rat
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