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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Grown Ocean - Fleet Foxes

The sun had faded, the breeze blowing softly, but the air still heavy with a strange humidity and pollen. Rogue bugs bounced off my cap and restless dogs paced and barked as I ran my easy four tonight.

Spring is here - my Bradford pear's blooms are already being replaced with greenery; the peach trees followed last week and the cherry has joined today. My neighbor's azaleas are almost full flush with blooms. The stain of pollen is everywhere.

I mulled over what to write tonight and my memory paused on an entry about this time last year, featuring the Fleet Foxes. Ever since discovering this band, "Ragged Wood" is a happy, make my feet move song.

Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long  
The spring is upon us, follow my only song 
Settle down with me by the fire of my yearning  
You should come back home, back on your own now
 

The world is alive now, in and outside our home  
You run through the forest, settle before the sun  
Darling, I can barely remember you beside me  
You should come back home, back on your own now

Now, I have another of theirs to add to the list.



"Grown Ocean"

In that dream I'm as old as the mountains
Still is starlight reflected in fountains
Children grown on the edge of the ocean
Kept like jewelry kept with devotion

In that dream moving slow through the morning

You would come to me then without answers
Lick my wounds and remove my demands for now
Eucalyptus and orange trees are blooming
In that dream there's no darkness alluded

In that dream moving slow through the morning time

In that dream I could hardly contain it
All my life I will wait to attain it
There, there, there

I know someday the smoke will all burn off
All these voices I'll someday have turned off
I will see you someday when I've woken
I'll be so happy just to have spoken
I'll have so much to tell you about it

In that dream I could hardly contain it
All my life I will wait to attain it
There, there, there

Wide-eyed walker, don't betray me
I will wake one day, don't delay me
Wide-eyed leaver, always going 

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