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The Tower

by Dogwood

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A rough prayer for natural disasters and events that are naturally disastrous.
Sometimes, they are the only teachers I have to show me when my home is built on unstable ground.
Sometimes, my only choice is madness or radical gratitude.

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lyrics

Howl wind, howl
Rip wide my bed
Lay green boughs
Through my rooftops again
Mmm....

River rise
Drown my garden bare
No more seeds
Shall I plant there
Mmm....

Take my roots
Tear them from the mountainside
Cold light burns
With nowhere to hide
Mmm....

Running stone
Racing fire
Poison ground
The tower tumbles down
The tower tumbles down

Rebuild on safer ground
The tower tumbles down

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released March 5, 2021
Lyrics and music by DOGWOOD
Mixing and mastering by Nathaniel Johnstone

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Dogwood Seattle, Washington

Hailing from the hedge and loam of Seattle's undergrowth, this chimerical songbird aims to weave historical and wax hysterical in the old-new traditions of mountain men, shantymen, and their fellow men as they tromp and twirl acro'st both ancient myth and accidental malady. This mighty troubadour delights in bringing life to the voices of the past, so come and share a pomegranate seed or two! ... more

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