(Am I) Dead or in Virginia

from The Living Lions by Saint Deadmule

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Wake up, little brother. Sound the horn but do not shudder,
for the grizzly got inside the gateless garden.
Well he ate up all our sentries till the battlements were empty,
and he brutalized the wall until it tumbled to the ground.

Was it luck that brought the arrow from the archer to the marrow
of the bone between the creature's frightened eyes?

So let the heartbeat swell within ya, there ain't no kingdom like Virginia.
There ain't no archer bears a mark upon his name.
And from the citadel to landfill, from the weathervane to windmill,
hangs a banner which our noble kill proclaims.

Oh brother, do not sanctify your shame.
Look out on what your gateless wall became.
And the grizzly walks among us down the corridor in chains,
the blameless words he offers always are the same:

"Well I'm mighty pleased to meet ya, am I dead or in Virginia?
For the arrow that had got me did not sting.
Well I'm weary as I oughtta be, my bloodless wound forgotten,
see the bandage from my heart unraveling?"

And I bade the sunlight bear the shade away,
for the garden is so beautiful today.

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from The Living Lions, released January 1, 2019

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Mostly an illustrator, but I make music sometimes. Lots more to come!

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