Promise the Bite
from The Green Fury by matt pond PA
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lyrics
hay from the barn filled our mouths up with dust
fanning the air though we wouldn’t have touched
i’m burned in all of six different ways
all for the fire and what they might say
now I’m filling in the forest and I’m covered with trees
to far beyond what seems a bit too much, when light’s been released
I’ve been dreaming – surprise, surprise…
and from waiting – the wells have all gone dry
turned down the fire when we waved in the dusk
promise the bite fills our stomachs with rust
I caught you down, way down in the field
Green hands and blind, it didn’t seem real
fanning the air though we wouldn’t have touched
i’m burned in all of six different ways
all for the fire and what they might say
now I’m filling in the forest and I’m covered with trees
to far beyond what seems a bit too much, when light’s been released
I’ve been dreaming – surprise, surprise…
and from waiting – the wells have all gone dry
turned down the fire when we waved in the dusk
promise the bite fills our stomachs with rust
I caught you down, way down in the field
Green hands and blind, it didn’t seem real
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from The Green Fury,
released January 22, 2002
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matt pond PA Kingston, New York
From the band’s beginnings in Philadelphia, to their current home in the heart of the Hudson Valley, through 13 albums (among them Emblems, Several Arrows Later, The Dark Leaves, The State of Gold, and, most recently, the luminous The Natural Lines), Matt Pond PA has always been a living, breathing organism—one that’s constantly changing. ... more
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