• Man

  • Sep 7 2024
  • Length: 3 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • .....and even as the eagle soared above the rocky slopes, the tortoise encaged in its talons, the petals encaged in the jaws of the reptile, so a young naturalist ran forwards - last of his kind, taxidermy on his mind.............. The stricken eagle fell amongst a drift of feathers and petals, releasing the scaled misile from its grasp and joining all four together in death upon the shoulder of the mountain.

    Man

    Cracked my head, in single strike
    as I ran forward in earnest haste
    to collect my prized, beloved bird
    shot clean through and through
    to find its ordered home amongst
    museum draws and taxiderma
    tologists contortioning
    your dark and burning eyes become
    vitrified and shattered
    my cranium in blow un seen
    as from the sky a lilac flower
    fell, my leaden body sliding
    to the ground in avalanche
    of crushed ambitions here, upon
    a scree slope inverted hopes
    discovery and erudition
    science through observation keen,
    the bullet of my eyes.

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    https://oceanallover.bandcamp.com/album/orographic

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    The Orographic album was recorded, mixed & mastered by Stuart Hamilton
    (Castlesound Studios, 12th-14th September 2018)

    Produced by Guy Veale

    © Oceanallover 2018

    Lead vocals - Joel Sanderson, Breezy Elthalion & Catherine Carter
    Bass & cello - Joel Sanderson
    Trumpet, helicon & backing vocals - Richard Merchant
    Trombone & backing vocals - Roger Marsh
    Bass trombone & backing vocals - Ross McCrae
    Percussion & backing vocals - Anders Rigg
    Spoken word - Alex Rigg
    Electronics & keys - Guy Veale

    Lyrics & album design - Alex Rigg


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