English Gardens

from Bird Sounds by Cold Snake

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Had a dream of English gardens
row on row of barbed wire
was strung between them,
with machine gun fire.

All the soldiers were women
hacking our way through parts
men had written.

See the children by the sandbox, holding her hand?
They're about to break out into no-man's land
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-a-tat-tat, see them fall back into the sand.

In my dream I was a soldier too,
I had a gun in my hand.
I didn't know who to shoot,
it was everyone against everyone.
I didn't know where to stand, there were no battle lines:
Only gardens, only gardens, only gardens.

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from Bird Sounds, released July 6, 2013
Written by Sofi Thanhauser. Guitar and vocals by Sofi Thanhauser. Recorded by Constant Smiles.

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Cold Snake Laramie, Wyoming

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Ghosts

Mar 2023
Waves

Nov 2022
I Had a Lover

Jun 2022
The Blessed

Feb 2020
Bird Sounds

Jul 2013
The Dark Ages

May 2009

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