Rain of leaves, be the brush,
Repaint the empty mills, remove the rust,
Autumn is automatic,
Howling for the hollow harvest,
Rain of leaves, the pain it leaves,
Bury me, hide me from the thieves,
They’re taking more than I can share,
This drought in the valley that I can’t bear.
Fall, let it fall on me, spiral and blanket all I see,
Now is the winter of my discontent, I’m splintered and spent,
Down, bring it all down, strip the king of his crown.
Rain of leaves, drown out the machines,
They crop the image behind the scenes,
We see the price, who knows the cost, of
Lines in the earth that you’ve crossed.
Rain of leaves, my saint steals my seeds,
Cleaning the fields, erase our deeds,
No room to grow, they’ve soiled the soil,
They have us by the tail, so on we toil.
You look green, but what we see is everything that you are not,
A storm is coming, a flood of flashes to show your work to the world,
Your reign over us will end with our red hands holding the last of the sun.
Fall, let it fall on me, spiral and blanket all we see,
Now is the winter of our discontent, we’re splintered and spent,
Down, bring it all down, strip the king of his crown.
Is that gust a ghost? the sigh when you lost your trust,
Let go, let sleeping gods lie, let’s go, we’re stray dogs in the sty,
Turn a new leaf, don’t lose belief, roots break the concrete from beneath,
Turn against the men who took our land, shoulder to shoulder,
From I to we, from I to we, I’ll take my leave, become part of the tree.
credits
from Give Up? Look Up.,
released April 20, 2015
[Adhar Maheshwari - lead guitar
Ruici Ong - vocals
Elizabeth Onstwedder - bass, shaker, vocals
Julian Xie - piano, vocals]
Adhar, Elizabeth, Ruici, and Julian. Puns in four part harmony and some guitar/piano/bass. We appreciate you who take the
time to listen to our honest attempt at something that matters to us!
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