The Vegetable Medley (I’m Looking Up / Ancient Evil / The Ballad of Quiet)

from Gelatin / Silver: Unfinished Recordings, 2016-2019 by WINDMILLS

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I - I'm Looking Up (0:00)
II - Ancient Evil (5:33)
III - The Ballet of (Quiet) (7:34)

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I
i’m looking up
and i don’t see anything
the smell of cold
a map of our senses

and in a way
i’m a saul
but never a paul
there are ghosts who inhabit our catacombs
in a way
i’m a saint
with no light
to blind me
i know the shape is harmless

i’m looking up
and i don’t see anyone
a smell of home
a trace of your finger

and in a way
i’m a saul
but never a paul
there are ghosts who inhabit into
to damascus,
the minerals
but never the dust on our feet
to dream, or to believe

in a way, i remain
the ghosts that i’ve named
but the shape
remains the same

i’d adore thee
but i don’t even know your name
i’d adorn me
but i don’t even know who i am

II
you are here - an ancient evil
i can feel you running through my veins
i can feel you running through my veins
into my heart

and i have known your fingers
i can feel your shackles on my spines
i can feel you wrap around my veins
into my heart

III
you were young,
and i was foolish to think
that our time would be
any different than the last

but i've known
that we are shown
and sent our way

i was high
and you were too far to reach
and in time we'd say
we are different from the last
though i've known
that we are shown

send a voicemail, drop a line
make a promise for a promise
or a hand held in our time
though i've known
that we are shown
and sent our way

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from Gelatin / Silver: Unfinished Recordings, 2016-2019, released September 4, 2020

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