Bent Knee

Lyrics to Time Deer







Every tree bursting

No phoenix, no net

No Green Peace, no regret

Just gravity



Blowing no flames

Spitting out secrets

Thick noises out power our voices



Oh, nasty dog

You are choking on a cog in my time machine

Drag you along to the times from which you run

So you can see what I see



Oh, nasty dog

You are choking on a cog in my time machine

Drag you along to the times from which you run



Cracking away, syringes and blankets

Our poets are strangers and voiceless



In the ash, I found a bird

Still as the lump men

Sleeping in alleyways

Still as my gaze, as they are croaking for change

Let myself feel nothing and walk away

Piss stained and crunchy

Toothless and pungent

I am sure he deserved it



Oh, nasty dog

You are choking on a cog in my time machine

Drag you along to the times from which you run

So you can see what I see



Oh, nasty dog

You are choking on a cog in my time machine

Drag you along to the times from which you run



I was string thin, barren and scrambling for food

My people exiled, subhuman and crude

They took my lover and library too

War left me vagrant with nothing to lose



If I could go back, one thing I would do

Try to unravel, cut down, and unscrew

The first double helix that links me to you