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The Scarecrow's Lament

from Dear Dionysus, Sweet Aphrodite by The Here and Now

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Here I am now propped up strong. I’m a painted-face guard over hidden fields I’ve sown for so long. You know that I found god in the lies I told. Another hard fought hidden secret sold. When I ran away from home I met that girl Maria by the road. She said I’m just a sinner in a saint’s clothing. Lacking grace but saving face or trying. With these words I wrote each night I choke on my manufactured reality. With these words of mine spoken through lips sown with twine, I hope that you don’t believe me. Yeah, I’ve heard the Siren’s call. She’s never satisfied until I fall. Well that dark-haired thief left me stranded by the reef but she never took anything I need. When the crows came a circling drawn by the blood on the fare thee west Zephyr wind. She promised me heaven but I dragged myself through hell. Another scar for show and tell. With these words I wrote each night I choke on my manufactured reality. With these words of mine spoken through lips stitched with twine, I hope that you don’t believe me. I pound this wind torn canvas breastbone. I swear what beats inside is real and yours to own. If I had but knees I’d run home to say, “Please. Please know that these vivisected limbs oh no, they’re not me.” With these words I wrote I hope you know that there’s just straw ‘neath this hat.

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from Dear Dionysus, Sweet Aphrodite, released September 10, 2013

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