Wild in the Wild

from Behold and Begone by Hovering Shrikes

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lyrics

There is nothing to be learned
from the curve of a comet’s flight
and everything to be learned
from the slope of her spine.
Once, it folded for velvet and hay;
now, it accordions only for velocity and flame
while he counts his years in lost lipstick caps
and the minutes between
when she seems to want them back.

She was wild in the wild and, at home, wild, too.
In the thousand dark drafts between the slats
of her walls, her hair was loose
and large and alive above her eyes.
She made him start a fire for her
between the summer’s pines.
She thought it would be warm and let her
lay her head amongst his sighs
long into the night,
but a careless caress is as good as a spark
and he ran his hand down her arm
and ignited the dark.

Over the dirt and dirty stones,
it threw itself into their homes.
It threw itself into the bones below their homes.
One hot mouth can hold a thousand screams
but one silence can contain
all they ever meant to mean.

They never had to count on hope
till it was running out,
until a late summer cloud unzipped itself
and let the saving rains pour down --
till he was crawling toward her,
lost in love that sucked like mud
and she was coughing his lost name
in wild smoke circles rising up from the charred woods.

The tree top.
The worm trail.
The raindrop.
The detail:
refracted light that might not bend again.

The tree top.
The worm trail.
The raindrop.
The detail:
refracted light that might not bend again.

She tucked her hair behind her ear,
the vision growing close and clear:
a golem or a chevalier
buried in ash, wet earth, and fear --
his searching limbs still reaching out for her,
rigored as they were.

Over the dirt and dirty stones,
it threw itself into her home.
It threw itself into the bones below her home.
One hot mouth can hold a thousand screams
but one silence can contain
all they ever meant to mean.

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from Behold and Begone, released November 4, 2022

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Lyric-driven post-punk from Portland.

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