Glass Hammer
Lyle Zimmerman

balladao rustico postapolcalypso

we are scholars at the school for hard spells
we learn by long division how to hijack wishing wells
my friend there's name is daniel and he is a good friend to me
he gave me a green tee shirt that makes me invisible

daniel sees a lady she's painted all over his senses
she makes him ah very nervous
he'd like to catch fish for her like an otter for his mate
but you know sometimes it just seems like he's on the wrong track

is he just another fish for her to catch and throw back
we dressed ourselves in dreams and walked out into the air
picked five handfuls of colored thread and wove a magic chair
if you sat in that chair you could feel just like someone else
feel their threats and their desires and how they felt about you yourself

use of this chair by young lovers is not recommended

wake up wake up daniel you've stopped making sense get up stand up daniel time to mend the fence, oh

daniel's called a flowerbird oh and he whispers in its ear
go and find my lady tell her all these things i fear
i fear the theft of all my memories in that city where it is always night
i fear all these glass hammers and watching you fall out of sight

that bird carried no message to her it was just a bird

Time to go back to school Daniel  

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