Aland Lyrics
Death of the Animal
They meet out on the Scotch Line
stunned headlight eyes
straddle a broken passing line
then regain the blind night
Our cautious gait through the forest
Cervine shape imprinting the thicket
We tried to communicate
to the dying animal
burnt-out offering
Count its breathe in the white air
This red is not blood
this colour lasts
as a flower loosened
from inside your skin
A stalk of the Cardinal Flower builds
five wounds, five scarlet stamens
The Anguish of Abraham
does not extend to you
doesn’t ask who he is for you
weighs the throat and the knife for truth
Therefore lay down
slow your rampant pulse
Dream your quicksilver return
beneath Jack Pine rooftops
Dream you take the night in few strides
molasses branches stall the blue night
Perennial return of the red bell flower
foreign colour along the Scotch Line
losing itself in winter
to be regained
to be regained