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Lilac Trees

from Water Wears the Stone by TR Kelley

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off to the side of a lonely road, lilac trees were blooming
gentle purple sentinels watching over space
curious i stopped my car and the hush of an older evening
wrapped me like a grandma's quilt drawn down around my face

hiding in the tangled grass a remnant of some stairs
charred timbers, glass and broken bricks scattered here and there
farther back an orchard grown wild and wise with years
a tired fence and seven stones washed by ancient tears

the earth reclaims what has been wrought
by the reckless and the dreamer
hopes are broken on the wheel of an unforgiving land
she hides the scars into herself healing back to beauty
and all that's left are lilac trees where none before did stand

the moss growing on the old grey stones had softened all the names
born in May of 892 was a little boy named James
the death date came soon after, my heart filled with knowing tears
as a mother who has lost a child that sorrow spans a hundred years

the earth reclaims what has been wrought
by the reckless and the dreamer
hopes are broken on the wheel of an unforgiving land
she hides the scars into herself healing into beauty
and all that's left are ashes that i'm holding in my hand

the setting sun is warm and gold, t
he sky above grows dark and cold
there is no death if one remembers
to sing the names out into space
to stroke the stones with certain grace
to honor the holy resting place
by passing down this roadside changed

the earth reclaims what has been wrought
by the reckless and the dreamer
hopes are broken on the wheel of an unforgiving land
she hides the scars into herself healing back to beauty
and all that's left are lilac trees where none before did stand
and all that's left are ashes that i'm holding in my hand
where none before did stand

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from Water Wears the Stone, released January 1, 1995

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This pre-Raventones page has music from TR's 1990s acoustic years, which ran concurrently with here time in Babes With Axes (also available here on bandcamp)

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