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The Gateless Garden

from The Living Lions by Saint Deadmule

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lyrics

When Jane went to gather the sawdust she saw
where the claws of the Grizzly were marking the wall
She said, “Don't be so angry, I'll bandage your paw, you are bleeding.”
The garden stood gateless, defying the few
that would graze there, regarding the glory that grew
from the beds of dead brethren, flowers entombed in the evening

“Oh, that damnable garden's not for you or I–
It's a bastion of death, it's a place for all creatures to die,
but if I were a terminal thing I would go there
One day I'll deliver myself unto ashes;
my lamplighting mother and bullfighting dad
will ungladly unravel, no choice may they have in the matter.”

The Captain: "So carve, carve your crumbling armor from me
Two mumbling martyrs in infinite ardor are we
Oh darkness, relinquish your charging advances and flee
May your cavalry carry your slain and unslain to the changeless, irascible sea."

"So throw all your sadnesses up in the sky
and command no more distance between you and I;
I'd reverse your resistance if I could be yours for the keeping."
She said, “I'd be happy to hang on your sleeve
and parade through the town as your homecoming queen
We'll careen down the avenue, haven't you sung what you're speaking?"

"So show me your kingdom, I'll show you my soul.
Row me down your deep rivers, I'll show you the holiest
place in my citadel, should I compel you to stay there.”
Oh but Jane, they would scrawl me such damning decrees,
and they'd drag me down corridors one, two and three,
they would chain me and quarter this cowering carcass to fanfare!"

The Grizzly: "And as sure as your bone and its gristle divide,
oh your garden's a thistle, a thorn in my side,
and I'll rage at the wall in my scornful and sad desperation
My chalice is empty as yours will be full
of the blood of a bastard who bended the rules,
till they broke and the pieces flew out in a true constellation."

The Captain: "Would you see us then as brothers? Would you see us then as friends?
Would you see us as we drag you up the mountainside again?"

"Save your bravery, save it for war!
See the wave as it crests and it crashes, lambasting the shore!
Stave, oh stave your attack or they'll capture you whole,
with your anger inscribed on the bell that you balefully toll."

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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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