Birdsongs and lonely leaves,
where do the days go, we
always seem to somehow
lose our minds.
Wasn't long ago,
like freshly fallen snow,
I kissed the earth, you know,
we all melt in time.
So which way to hell?
Which way to the wishing well?
I'm going to give this swan song one more try.
I'm going to climb this mountain,
and die happy at the top.
I don't care how many frozen
bodies I find.
(ooo ooo
ooo, ooo)
Call me Ötzi the iceman, motherfucker,
shakin' bones to haunt all you.
Resurrecting my own ghost from hell,
wearin' the wolf's pelt, castin' spells,
or maybe, you'll find me,
dancing with fresh, hot blood in my beard,
way out in the Andes,
I ain't havin' no survivor's guilt.
I ain't havin' no survivor's guilt.
And when I finally reach the summit,
you'll find me reading a penny dreadful,
smokin' a blunt, and drinkin'
ol' Rasputin from a demon' skull.
The fool who met defeat.
The fool who lost his feet
to the five of swords,
to the five of swords.
So merrily, we jest,
gambling heaven's test.
Why's it got to be so hard?
And why jest?
Why is the fool my card?
Well, the wild card matches every draw.
I was that fool who walked off the cliff face with his dog.
How do you think I got to the bottom?
Jodorowsky made a movie about it.
Welcome to my holy mountain.
(Your thoughts are like shapes)
credits
from VOCA TERRA (Sounds of the Miles),
released April 20, 2017
Chase Maxwell - Lyrics, Vocals, Drums, Bass, Synthesizers
Walter Nettles - Guitar
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