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The Flesh of the Land

from Exquisite Corpse by Eleanor Elektra

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lyrics

There's something coming back to life
The carcass of a deer
She is filled with the will and the will is going back to where it comes from
Mmhmm the flesh of the land
The flesh of the land

The railroad dealt in real estate
The old Nations saw it all: those rails
Riveted right over the curve of the earth
You know it’s driven by some moneyed man
And
He wants
The flesh of the land x2

But there in the clearing…
There’s no one where the dear still lay
But ask the osprey who’s running through the birch?
Tired of sitting in church, it’s the boy
Coming up on the way it’s starts, the way it ends
The choice of how and when
And what is on the line
How little things combine

Oh the Exquisite Corpse
so still
all she left behind
was a will

The ground exhales beneath my feet
She knows just where I am
She is filled with the will
She is made by the will of ones who’ve joined
The flesh of the land x2

The minister is at his window
And a doe is his witness
The mission casts a shadow on the woods behind the churches lawn
He fears
the flesh of the land x2

But there in the clearing…
There’s no one where the dear still lay
But ask the osprey who’s running through the birch?
Tired of sitting in church, it’s the boy
So close to the face of the earth’s pretty soul
Telling you so you know
What is on the line
What will be written on the picket sign
It’s heard to say it all
It’s hard to define
So just remember that life is sweet
And everything’s alive

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from Exquisite Corpse, released July 22, 2020

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Eleanor Elektra Boston, Massachusetts

Eleanor Elektra is an interdisciplinary artist originally from the Pacific Northwest who fuses music and visual arts.
Her practice spans songwriting, printmaking and installation work. Her music combines elements of folk, jazz and classical music within the songwriter idiom to create unique cinematic songs. ... more

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