The Forest is Silent

from Fist Full of Tacos by The Bronze Horsemen

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So, I woke up at 3am, and started walking down the street.
Why I had slept in the street was beyond me, but, there you go.
It was dark. It was cold. And I was sweating.
As I ambled my way down the street, I came across a man, talking, to a wall.
Now, the wall didn't have much to say in return, but what it did say was intriguing.
It said: "Don't be surprised if you get tripped up by a crack under your feet."
And before I fell, I looked down and noticed that the crack was in the wall.

When I opened my eyes, all I could see was green.
Well, green and brown. And then a flash of light blue.
I could smell salads and bark, dank and woody and peanuts. And salt too.
I was in a bush.
I tried to blink the haze out of my head, as a distant crescendo of waves, crashing against sand, whispered in my ear. Big waves.
And in between, silence.

I look inwards and hear wind, feel it pushing against my entire body.
I see flashes of blue and white and something extraordinarily large rushing at me. Something green.
The images stop and there is nothing.
I crawl towards the crashing of waves.
My eyes are starting to focus, which only helps me realize that the plant-life is thinning out, and the dirt is turning into an orange and gritty sand.
Using a dead branch as a crutch, I struggle to my feet.
Behind me, the forest is silent.
I trudge towards a widening blue sky, and beneath it, a bluer sea.
Something floats across my line of sight, something out over the water, and there is a brilliant explosion of color and light.
And then darkness.

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from Fist Full of Tacos, released April 13, 2021
Music by Eric Bestul.
Lyrics by Brad James Beske.

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The Bronze Horsemen are Eric and Brad. They play music. A lot. More bio (degradeable) info to follow...

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