walnut tree
Echoes of Unfulfilled Desires: Carving Love in a Walnut Tree
Lyrics
We carved our phrases deep in the walnut tree
We engraved our sentiments deeply into the walnut tree.
The bark curled back and we looked down at straight line time revealed in repeating rings
The tree's bark peeled back, revealing straight lines indicating time passing in concentric circles.
The sun sank low as the moon rose in ice cold counterpoint
At sunset, while the sun descended, the moon rose in a cold, contrasting harmony.
We howled with the feral dogs in the face of that blank wax clock as coyotes yodeled low
We expressed our wildness alongside feral dogs despite the presence of time, as coyotes made low, mournful sounds.
I was on the road to somewhere lonely
I was traveling towards a desolate destination.
As to your wish I cannot comply
I cannot fulfill your desire or request.
And if you ever find the way to know me
If you ever comprehend who I am,
My love is a boat you'll drown beside
My love is perilous and may lead to your downfall.
We lived on diamond dreams with dimes instead
We subsisted on valuable dreams with minimal resources, juxtaposing luxury and scarcity.
Breathing in and out the crusted dust on the coffee table book nobody read
Inhaling and exhaling the accumulated dust on an ignored coffee table book.
Scratched at scaly earth that wasn't worth the tick of time
Struggling with unproductive land that lacked significance in the passing of time.
Marking progress by the turn of rocks and water to gut rot muscadine
Measuring progress by the transformation of rocks and water into inferior quality muscadine wine.
I was on the road to somewhere lonely
I was journeying towards a lonesome destination.
As to your wish I cannot comply
I am unable to fulfill your wish or desire.
And if you ever find the way to know me
If you ever manage to understand me,
My love is a boat you'll drown beside
My love may lead to your demise.
We sang remembered words to our favorite songs
We sang lyrics we remembered from our favorite songs,
Voices clear and confident but the words were remembered wrong and meant other things instead
Our voices were clear and confident, but we misinterpreted and attributed different meanings to those remembered words.
We drove at reckless speeds in adjacent lanes as time crawled along
We drove recklessly in parallel lanes while time moved slowly.
Took apart the clock but never found again the places where the pieces once belonged
We disassembled a clock but couldn't relocate where its pieces initially fit.
I was on the road to somewhere lonely
I was headed towards a desolate destination.
As to your wish I cannot comply
I cannot fulfill your desire or request.
And if you ever find the way to know me
If you ever comprehend who I am,
My love is a boat you'll drown beside
My love is perilous and may lead to your downfall.
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