Animals Can Reason
Lyrics by Christman Hersha

Oblivion (born in the shadows)
All in time its over
All houses will crumble,
Because we can’t see past seasons
That’s why all the Animals can reason
Can you see me sparkling where we lay
Ask me what I see
I’ll reveal what’s coming
Breathe all the eschatology
That I see
We’ll fall, we’ll fall
Suddenly, suddenly
In our final time
The loving earth shall combine
And collapse into one energy
To rise, rise suddenly
Hang on all below your feet is gone
The map didn’t always read ‘Austin’
But lakes of the late crustaceous throng
What crawled out and looked around
Was the legged fish Charles found
Crawling up on our sandy mound
With speed like a fiend, typhoon cloud
Well then was then and now is now
Missing links are found
Links sink us down
Greed will end it now
We did
We did it wrong
That spot in history
Is gone
Oh Muriel
You stay, just stay strong
And we will thrive,
In time, we’ll thrive, in time…
Oblivion (born from the shadows)
Time is wine for a wino
Precognitive he saw
A Redwood’s passing seasons
That’s why all the the animals can reason
Can’t you see me, Sparkling where we lay
I can see all that coming suddenly
The beast with seven eyes,
Seven horns makes seven signs
He blows them seven times
Wash the sky, that’s the sign

Song For A Friend
Lyrics by Christman Hersha

We rode together under the night’s wing to escape the heat of our motherland and there in the belly of your steal beast we spoke of important nothingness which would grab us by the throat in hopes to choke out all our virtues; but we knew that we knew nothing and never would. And soon our bodies would be carried apart by the talons of life…
In time we saw the bird not as ‘prey’, but beautiful. Now our bodies are stretched across this table and we still know that we know nothing and never will, so our thoughts are free…
And when we meet again our ribs will crack and our chests will open so our swollen hearts can merge once more.
Then the pewter Midwest skies will melt into a warming sigh of a new union. Until then our thoughts have…
Become separate seas of enchantment, joined by rivers and deltas that erode to nothing at all. So help me my brother to find a rope strong enough to bridge us together again in this lifetime. For all we know is that we know nothing and never will but together we know all.

Ergots of Rye
Lyrics by Christman Hersha

Sitting in the meadow I see her
Shaded by an Oak
Born in Poland she was
But she’s now dead
And we secretly think
We are immortal
Come with me now
Into rye fields
I’m your tech support
Were going up
Walk with me
And the fog is burned away as
The morning sun peaks
I hear chirps, they remind me
I am asleep
And we secretly think
We are immortal…
(Chorus)
My word, I never thought I’d see you standing
Right here in front of these eyes
The size of our love was amazing
When you left my side and had to die
Believe I’m relieved to perceive
Your forms lullaby
This eve it hurts me to think
Perhaps my mind is asleep
Please, I don’t care to leave
This place where
time can’t be
Displace
Until my dreamy eyes awake
And leave this rye field fog day
Ill breathe you into my intake
In these fields I will stay

Wont you tell me!
Ergots of the rye, believe in me
And be, the crow perched on my shoulder
Whispering secretly
That I will live forever
And never die, never dye, tell me I’ll
Never die, ergots of the rye
And every song, every song
Tells everyone the same thing
But to me it speaks my name
My name.

Orinoco Flow
Lyrics by Roma Ryan

Let me sail, let me sail
Let the Orinoco Flow
Let me reach let me beach
To the shores of Timpoli
Let me sail, Let me sail
Let me wash upon your shore
Let me reach let me beach
Far beyond the yellow sea…
Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away…
From the North to the South
Ebtuae to Terecon
From the deep sea of clouds
To the island of the moon
Carry me on the wave
To the lands I've never been
Carry me on the wave
To the lands I’ve never seen
Let me sail oh let me sail
Away and let me beach on your…
Let me sail oh let me sail
Away and let me beach on your shore

Our Lobe Loop
Lyrics by Christman Hersha

The truck smelled cold and carried them the old
Foothill highway Appalachian road
White growth drowns its wheels
And resembles Georgian cotton flower fields
She put her worries out of site
And watched snow swirls refract headlight
Then said, “Leroy you were right,
We can’t be made for this temporary life”
They were not ready to fly
But their faces, they showed no surprise
From that truck the winds they heard no cries
Just an anthem playing from inside
Then a boom
Shook earth and it shook moon
And they became fireflies
And flew away from the site

The wreckage was found
Just 7 miles from town
They had transformed to fireflies
And never hit the ground
Fearless dissolves the instant
Distance is deleted
The calm of calms kicked
So long, good-bye kids
My truck, all told still carried us the gold
Springtime highway Appalachian road
Flower pedals around the wheels
Resembling high Georgian pine tree fields
So put your worries out of sight
And watch the dust pedals swirl in light
I know you know that I am right
We can’t be made for this temporary life
We are ready to fly
And our faces, they show no surprise
From our cab, the winds they heard no cry
Just our anthem sung from inside
Then a boom
Was heard around the world and
They became fireflies and
Just as they both hit the ground
Everyone searched around
But no bodies were found
Because they became fireflies
And never hit the ground
Fearless dissolves the instant
Distance is deleted
The calm of calms kicked
So long, good-bye kids
Inside oceans break against their path
More than chains set to bind them fast
People say they’re outside but it is useless
They proved what listens and what remembers