The Lumberjack

from The Lumberjack by Eleanor Elektra

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lyrics

I see a dog running like a wind
he tells me something’s coming
after the nation has all gone to waste
this will be a resting place
It was a beautiful thing
a still lake in the star light
I said “I’d like to write a song for this spot”
she said “you might not
hmmm
because you’ll feel so sore when this is no more
when this place will not be”

so look at me you staring lake
your cool silence
keeps me awake
this will be your resting place
with your sorrows and your reeds
when you water line recedes
though the icebergs still are proud
your ghost is a rain cloud
oh ghost oh ghost oh ghost oh ghost

I saw your hound heading for high ground
I can tell by the looks that someone has been here
with a blade on his back
he’s coming, the lumberjack
say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

It was a sudden thing
an owl in the meadow grass
she came about in a whorl of fall leaves
the patient receives
queen of vermin, what do we need?
you must determine
you can see through the night
so look my way you bird of prey
your eyes like pits in a burning eclipse
this will be your resting place
with your sorrows and your wings
where your song of mourning rings
‘cause you cannot handle the weather
your ghost is an airborn feather
oh ghost oh ghost oh ghost oh ghost

Chorus

It was a brutalized landscape
in Oregon territory
and we had nothing but this
and the mind’s eye to measure our loss
he was humming in the moss
a Christian all the way out here?
a son of the cross, a son of the Shepard
and son of the Saw Man
so talk to me you pock-marked ghost
you cry so gently
you recall Vietnam
this will be your resting place
with your medals and your chains
where the timber creaks in the wind
and it crackles in the sun light
I’ll hear about you in time
oh ghost oh ghost oh ghost oh ghost

Chorus

credits

from The Lumberjack, released May 25, 2018
All songs written by Eleanor Elektra
guitar/voice: Eleanor Elektra
guitar: Jacob Matheus
engineered and mixed by Brandon Johnson
produced by Eleanor Elektra
mastered by Bobbi Giel
artwork and design by Eleanor Elektra
photo by Zosha Warpeha
Special thanks to: Lilly Dickinson, Rebecca Gray, Chris Covney, Taylor Holland, and all the birds
eleanorelektra.wixsite.com/mysite | eleanorelektra.bandcamp.com
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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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