Walker Lyrics

Oskar's Drum Walker

Blackthorn wants my jacket
Hawthorn wants my hat
Bramble wants the skin of my shins

Magpie wears his crown
Black Crow wears his knife
Goldfinch wears his bright yellow gown

She flew in July
Fern, foxglove, butterfly
She drew me a blueprint
Simple yellow worlds
In the hospital sun

You hear the murmurs?
There is no time
It has poured and will pour
Through fingers for years
Water and sand
Carbon and diamonds
Longer than breaths
Please relish every little flash
A kingfisher leaping
A dancing blue jay
Goldfinch in his bright yellow gown

We go out walking in the woods today
Carry the body, carry the clay