Guile

by storybook steve

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Seven times around the winter well set to a tune
And in the heat of the spell cast by the sun
I raced to find the clues
Hidden from view

The stone wall that the farmers cobbled in 1622
Spans a hundred thousand miles
In a web the faerie drew
Two-handers and true
Hidden from you

Guile and fear ‘round the ritual fire
Dreaming eyes awaken, the steps we've taken
Usher in the new design

Black car on a road that winds away from present day
But in the cool of a spell cast by the moon
The headlights' glow decays
And the scene replays

Put away your toys and trinkets
The last one runs and loses sight of the sun
Now everyone

Guile and fear ‘round the ritual fire
Dreaming eyes awaken, the steps we've taken
Usher in the new design
Bygone times clawing over the stile
When the seeds became what the weeds reclaimed
And the pavement choked in vines
And soon the world gave way to wild

And the scene replays
Decades echoing days

Childhood fear held me over the fire
Sleeping mind awakened, the steps I've taken
Usher in a new decline
Bygone times clawing over the stile
When the seeds became what the weeds reclaimed
And the roads erode in time
And soon the world gave way to wild

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released September 15, 2020

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storybook steve Boston, Massachusetts

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Aviary

Jan 2024
Quick

Oct 2023
Revive

Feb 2022
Guile

Sep 2020

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