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The Yard

from Music for the Moon by Mars

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lyrics

We’re still there, standing
in the yard
Chasing chickens
Counting cards

Time trips up
and loops right back

I’m talking, ticking
Keeping track

I thought you lovely
in a dirty toque
and now we’re lovers
twice removed

I thought wrong
but I struck deeply right
the day, the evening
the final night

I heard you mutter
through sticky lips
clear as your glowing cigarette

I hear you now
through clouds of time
beloved mumbler
never mine

Time loops up
and clicks the track

I wait, abate
I’m holding back

I love you, lonely
casting spells
of ancient ships
on swirling swells

I take your hand
across the water
but steps to swim
so often falter

We’re still here, standing
in the yard
my tongue is tight
the task is hard

Time winds up and
slaps me back

I’m clasping, grasping
to keep track

We’re forever standing
in the yard
we chase each other
breathing hard

Time holds back
that soft attack
we’re talking, laughing
losing track

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from Music for the Moon, released August 25, 2019

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Mars Gabriola, British Columbia

Mars is an experimental folk singer, songwriter, and harpist currently living and working on the traditional ancestral lands of the Snuneymuxw people. Using voice, harp, loops, and her imagination, Mars strives to create a dreamlike state in which to tell soothing stories and bring nightmarish shadows into the light. Mars has created one full-length album project, entitled Music for the Moon. ... more

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