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Based on a dream, Driftwood sets the stage for the surrealist numerological fairytale to come, and reveals the titular powder, known as Angelswort.
lyrics
Escaped just in time to a forest way north of anything followed a river for miles whereupon we met an Herb Mother who fed us meat pies with thin strips of steak and a flakey, buttery crust. “Mmm!”
Behind the cottage the river rushed down a thick wooded mountain lined with enormous stones.
And then I saw something moving in the mud at the bottom. There was a giant snakelike fish, I froze.
Then, she called to the old man, to run along to the shed, and get the wooden spear. “Yes! That’s it! Now bring it here!”
She raised her right hand, whispering in some strange tongue
and it seemed as though the sky was turning, spiraling.
The spear in her left hand, with eyes locked, on the pale sun, hurled it down!
As the blood washed away, and the creature turned a pale gray, she explained how we could harvest Angelswort. Driftwood, it had become but it had been enchanted once.
And we left that cottage at dusk. And as the dusked turned into night, we found ourselves in the company of some forty wolves!
As we slowly walked past, every moment an eternity, every brittle twig snapped like thunder beneath our feet, I realized - They’re just like me. And even though their ears were soft, their breath warm as those I’d known, we knew to fear their glowing eyes.
credits
from Angelswort,
released June 22, 2013
Ben Hjertmann - vocals, percussion, prepared piano
Chris Fisher-Lochhead - violas
David Reminick - bass
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