SÆRA FIØRA

Blink of an Eye

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It was only the blink of an eye

An instant of solar grace

And if you had known of this place...
 

wings flash scales sheen hoofstep ferns drink

Claws drag arms wrap willows lean whales sing

Unspeakably beautiful place

Go gently

I will not go gently
Go gently

I will not go gently

From the corner of our eye

The full fruit of tantalus

Low-hanging and taunting us

So we bowed with our backs to the land

Reaching farther a heavier hand

Dug our heels in just for a taste

Unspeakably beautiful place

Go gently

I will not go gently
Go gently

I will not go gently
 

And the tide shifts and the smoke curls palms open, troubled shaking

Flooded, burning with remorse for everything our hands are breaking
And we try to turn it back but time defies our good intentions

Had our chance and now it's gone
The book is closed on our redemption
 

And we try to turn it back but the sands have fallen

The Sands Have Fallen
 

And with only a flicker of lashes,

They vanish

Sudden absence

It’s your hands,

It's my hands,

It’s our hands grasping -- 

For innocence

Anthropocene appetence
 

Go gently

I will not go gently
go gently

I will not go gently

 

Go gently

I will not go gently
go gently

I will not go gently

It was only the blink of an eye

An instant of solar grace

And if you had known of this place

Now the meadows burn

In the harrowing silence

And at last, the fruit falls

And alas, the fruit falls short

The fruit falls short

The fruit falls short

Unspeakably beautiful place (wings flash)

Unspeakably beautiful place (scales sheen)

Unspeakably beautiful place (hoof step)

so go,
go,
go without me