City at night, shop front bright
I can’t see a north star to follow
Confused and sleepless
An endless dawn chorus
It’s flawless and tuneless and hollow
I feel like an ants' nest
In a tupperware box
God I need to swarm,
Every billboard is a stained glass window
To a church
I don’t want to belong to
I’m going down to the earth
To the deep deep earth
To be made of earth
To be made of stone
Those nine maidens weren’t caught dancing
They were never caught at all
They are waiting in eternal patience
A love so deep it got geological
Like medusa’s most faithful lover
All petrified and chthonic
There’s only one thing wrong
With turning to stone
It’s that you don’t get to write your own myth
I’m going down to the earth (...)
With black beetles and phoridae and pine needles
And leaf mold and rain rubbing me away
Into clay into chalk dust
The rich smell of autumn
That reminds us that life
Begins with decay
I’m going down to the earth (...)
Don’t point those happy pills at me
I don’t subscribe to the myth
We should always be happy
I guess with lives so high rise and airborne
It’s easy to forget where you’re from
I’m going down to the earth (...)
credits
from Down to the Earth,
released December 3, 2022
Music by Rebecca Clamp & Hans Wessels
Lyrics by Rebecca Clamp
Recorded and mixed by Hans Wessels
Mastered by Matti Keltanen
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