The Flood

from Get Alive – EP by LEMONGLOW

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lyrics

Took us around the back
We swallowed all the fat
We choked on toughened meat
The thickened air, the blackened heat

I stumbled home alone
Machete caught my throat
I tried to hold my tongue
Emptied my pockets one by one

Every day we tumbled to the waste
Dancing over gems disgraced
We are in a land we can’t escape
But we climb again to test our fate

You walked for seven miles
To put the earth in piles
Planted Sonia’s mango trees
Calloused your hands and scraped your knees

The torrents pounded down
Released the swollen ground
And I prayed for clearer days
But you’d surrendered to wash away

In the tide your face was blue and pale
As we hoisted up the sail
We sent you out into the dawn
Your pockets full, your fire withdrawn

As you drifted far beyond the mire
I could have sworn I heard you sigh
Now I turn and fall back to the waste
Imagining your embrace

Over gems I dance, there’s no escape
(Over gems I dance, there’s no escape)
I climb again to meet my fate
(I climb again to meet my fate)
All the marching drums they cannot find
(The marching drums they cannot find)
The beat of your heart next to mine
(The beat of your heart next to mine)

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from Get Alive – EP, released August 2, 2022

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