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When They Are Lonely

from Cave by Elspeth Anne

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lyrics

We cursed the earth we walked on
we miss the huge sky
we learned to speak and be spoken to
we learned to tread thin ice

they run wild between the trees
they are the deer themselves
their staring eyes are as black as coal
they know you as someone else

when rivers and lakes turned to ice
we shed our scales and ran
creeping over the earth like wintertime
our silent and colourless land

they make little slits around your eyes
to tell you that you cannot cry
they make little slits with razor blades
again and again and again
and when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their walls are so small
when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their doors are so small

no one knows we are here at all
we make nutshells into boats
we sleep restless for the bark of hounds
we hunt these people in red coats

we cursed the lights you shone in our eyes
we began growing tales
we know all the paths through the woods
all these years we have not failed

they sing and scream in the dead of night
their mouths are like open sores
entangled in their helplessness
their cries sound like a thousand wolves

they make little slits around your eyes
to tell you that you cannot cry
they make little slits with razor blades
again and again and again
and when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their walls are so small
when they are lonely they cry and then fight with small swords
they are only half your size and their doors are so small

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from Cave, released September 21, 2013

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Elspeth Anne England, UK

Folk Artist, Musician and Maker since 2005.
Based in Herefordshire on the Welsh Borders.
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Homegrown singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist weaving folk, punk and country influences into a dark cloth of voice-focused psych-drone-chants. Performing in Europe and the UK.
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