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Trickster In Exile

by Miller Carr

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1.
When I Awoke 03:14
When I awoke I saw them moving in The vultures would descend And circle back around again I was hurried through a stall Inside a rotten abattoir Now I'm hanging by a thread Underneath the diamond web Thought I there is no end Just a desert full of sand Until I broke the hourglass And blew away the wind My arms are reaching for you Caroline, falling through the sands of time Where everything turns to dust Dominoes Dominoes are falling down I'm gonna gather up the bones Shake em up and shake em down I was dancing at St. Luke's And your skeleton was there You moved so fast across the floor You left it hanging in the air You're always drifting to me Caroline, I can see the blood in your eyes Every tear rolling down turns to rust
2.
Flambeau 03:26
I've got a bag of bones & an emerald stone A lock of hair from Marie Laveau Around your door, a pile of dust A copper wire doll dressed in rust I'm gonna do whatever it takes I'm gonna drive you outta this place I'm shaking off an evil blood embrace A graveyard priest with galanga breath Wore a nation sack around his neck He wrote your name in the sand John the conqueror in my hand I'm gonna do whatever it takes I'm gonna drive you outta this place I'm shaking off an evil blood embrace One step at a time Dust all around your door
3.
I feel you slipping But I'm still holding on My hands are trembling Reaching for the dawn Under the moonlight Under the moonlight I look into the mirror Who am I fooling? I feel just like a stranger Lost among the ruins A trickster in exile A trickster in exile It's more than just a roll of the dice You've got to look the King of Hearts in the eyes Even if you're not able Even if you're not able to shake off the doubt You lay your cards on the table I'm not betting on my luck running out Your never ending Constant trail of tears Have left their mark pretending The illusion was real And when I pulled back the curtain Your red eyes were uncertain If the act was still working If the act was still working I can see you through your disguise Behind your mask, you tremble like a child But you got that look in your eye Give it to me one wink at a time I know you're trying to tell me something I hope it's a lie Like when you caught A bullet in your teeth That never left the gun The end before the start Of what never begun Done is done Beyond any reason Beyond any doubt Beyond any reason Beyond any doubt Beyond any reason I wait for you day in Day out
4.
I went the wrong way down The rabbit hole Never come, never go Woke in a bone orchard Could be worse Marble eyes for the crows Oh no Cinder sifter Here come the first of May Hand that match Sign said two over ten Looking for my big black Cannonball Rolling over them all Oh no I never asked to be born It's just something that happened Don't know how to break the spell Only time will tell And time ain't talking I just keep walking Here come the switch man now He's fleet foot With two dogs foaming at mouth Don't be a barnacle Catch that drag And just keep heading down south Oh no There is no calm in the storm No shelter from the whirlwind Who's got that map out of hell Only time will tell And time ain't talking I just keep walking
5.
Disembodied in time You lit a torch in the void A crow singing in rhyme To the tune of the hopeless devoid Suddenly, the moon! Like a vision appeared And like Our Lady Of Sorrows The children wept and she disappeared Fallen cherubim Under the sun Leaves turn in the autumn Decaying golden Mercury the Trickster has got you on the run Quicksilver! You'll have to keep moving To keep from Falling down Falling down Immortal wanderer You're not going anywhere Immortal wanderer Your stench is everywhere Plum petals are falling You never paid any mind And there's a fire burning Behind your petrified eye Drunk under the moon A solitary reflection Surrender to the tune Like a tear lost in the ocean Bare trees in the garden The orchard is barren Dead leaves keep on falling And then there was none Let it blow right through you Let it come down hard Let it fall on to you A changing of the guards Immortal wanderer You're not going anywhere Immortal wanderer Your stench is everywhere The promise of an eternal sleep Broken when I woke from a dream Discovering the shadow was mine When I lifted up a cup of wine With the moon and the shadow, we make three I can use these two for my company Endlessly
6.
September rain Washes the blood stains From the cobblestone On the streets of León Amparo wept Under a dark cloud Next to the marble steps When inside the cathedral The lion stirred Upon the tomb They're gonna get what they deserve And it's coming soon Amparo don't you cry Revenge in near! Rigoberto walked right through the needle's eye A blood sacrifice Sugar cane Below the volcano You ran your bath and then Looked on Momotombo On the balcony Carnelian trumpets Bloom over the marketplace And the moon over Managua Is on the rise Over the palms I hear Dario's lullaby Serenade the dawn And the space between two thoughts That you thought was lost Tied you in a knot
7.
I must've been dead at least three days Before my sister and my mother came to take me away They brought me to the river and they washed my face And then they led me through the deep cool water to wade Steam rising up From the morning dew I'm gonna wade in the water I'm gonna drown these blues I've got to shed this skin Wash away the mask I've been living in I'd love to come clean but I won't say where I've been You know what they say perhaps it's true You take one step up and go down two So many ways to make it through But only one way back to get to you I'm gonna wade in the water I'm gonna drown these blues Eyes rolling back in my head The robes of my disguise weighing down like lead I don't intend to die before I make my dying bed And my blood is bled And the river runs red And the serpent is fed With the poison Of forbidden fruit Remove this venom noose Cut this devil loose I'm wading in the water Gonna drown these blues
8.
The rosy fingered dawn tossed The moon like a coin Rolling through paradise lost Waiting to rejoin Maybe I'm still standing Underneath these fading stars Wishing for one to fall down dying Like an arrow through a heart That will never miss its mark That will never miss its mark That will never miss its mark A shot in the dark I leave a candle burning All through the night You might pass by some evening And be drawn to the light Remember how we used to waltz Beneath our gleaming infinite arc That was held up by a dream we had Until we woke up alone in the dark How did we ever stray so far Planets explode then drift apart You know the arrow missed its mark A shot in the dark
9.
Monk wandered off alone Out into the heat Trouble's always looking for an easy way out And feeling like a cheat Monk came down to your parlor Unhurried by his doom He wants to watch your little rosebud bloom Pushed back in the corner Sand was falling through the glass The birdie on your shoulder Said "It's never gonna last" "Well who put thoughts like those into your head?" "Everybody's got them" that's what you said "Now set your boots down by the bed" Monk lit a roman candle And placed it on the floor The figurines on your mantle Their eyes fixed on the door Rose water on your neck Honey on your breath Your temple to protect These walls are closing in on you with memories Of all the times you struggled to forget The very thing that brought you to your knees Once When you were young A forbidden duet Monk was looking out your window You were blowing on the fire Under your kimono The palace of desire Shadows on the wall Dancing in the moonlight You could forget it all You could forget it all You could forget it all
10.
Sahara 03:23
Sahara Who will lift your veil Sahara Infinitely pale The fragile moon In your eyes A flower blooms Then it dies Come out and stand in the light Sahara The wind is dying down Sahara Won't you come around Give me your hand Tonight Upon the sands where You hide Come out and stand in the light

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released June 21, 2015

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