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Gift For The End

by Mariee Siou

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1.
Homeopathic 06:33
Beastly ball of fire all rolling in shame A rattle snake in the nest No legs, no eggs, no blame I hold a lake in each hand One for skating on, one for drowning in There are frozen wings your bed As you sleep outlined in white ghost Like your soul had been rolling in sheep Or had been wrapped up in birch bark Like a gift for the end When it finally finds me A mummy tree woman Becoming Mummy tree women Screaming Oh Oh Oh Homeopathic Stereo static Heroes in helmets Humming birds swarm the attic Trying so hard to explain But I can speak only in wool Might I knit from this mouth a train of cool water? For almonds, I have seen your eyes So delicate your light Like a toothless bite Alien and as humble as a newt So sweet you almost killed me Like poisonous honey (mummy tree woman verse) Beautifully bruised when it kicked you with its hooves A headless stallion the color of a black rose A mole chews vigorously at my side While smoldering like a burning insect Innards have dried into wreaths and rattles Let’s meet at the Madrone's cradle Making landscapes out of felt We will learn about Succession Succession When a pond turns to a meadow A fawn into a raven A pond into a meadow A fawn into a raven Oh, raven
2.
(counting in the dark in our sleep) We're counting in the dark in our sleep You told me graves are shaped like hives of sunbeams Counting in the dark in our sleep You told me graves are shaped like hives of sunbeams And hammers to my head and you're starving yourself And hammers to my head and you're starving yourself But little kids' mamma's have your name in their mouths Little kids' mamma's have your name in their mouths Even my mamma's got your name in her mouth In her mouth, in her mouth In her mouth, in her mouth In her mouth, in her mouth We're dancing in the dark in our sleep Hallelujahs, hide and then seek We're dancing in the dark in our sleep Hallelujahs, hide and then seek Hammer's to our heads and we're starving ourselves Hammer's to our heads and we're starving ourselves Little kids' mamma's have your name in their mouths Little kids' mamma's have your name in their mouths Even my mamma's got your name in her mouth in her mouth, in her mouth in her mouth, in her mouth in her mouth, in her mouth And the ghosts in this town, they can't walk the walk But every kid in this town can talk the talk The ghost in this town, they are holding their breaths But the ghosts in my heart, they can't get no rest No rest, no rest, no rest No rest, no rest We're counting in the dark in our sleep You told me graves are shaped like hives of some bees Hammer's to my head and you're starving yourself Hammer's to my head and you're starving yourself Dancing in the dark in our sleep Hallelujahs, hiding and seeks Hammer's to our heads and we're starving ourselves Hammer's to our heads and we're starving ourselves Little kids' mamma's have your name in their mouths Little kids' mamma's have your name in their mouths Even my mamma's got your name in her mouth and my mamma's got your eyes in her mouth My mamma's got her eyes in your mouth My mamma has her eyes in your mouth My mamma has got your eyes in her mouth In her mouth, in her mouth, in her mouth In her mouth, in her mouth And the ghosts in this down, they can't walk the walk But every kid in this town can talk the talk The ghosts in this town they are holding their breaths But the ghosts in my heart they can't get no rest no rest, no rest And the ghosts in my heart They can't get no rest
3.
Old Magic 05:09
Oh we lost be old magic Even tragic could not be a child to this And when dolphins sink like stones We will know everyone's reached a higher heaven For I have seen through your dear dear soul All in gowns of velvety brown and fawn fire I wanna make the run with the coho Up a dying river going ho-home To a higher heaven And I have seen you watching him Metal and black powder Elk teeth of ivory The pounding of leather Old coins in his eyes And ever magic hands Constellation skin I have seen you watching him And we ran through the mule shadows Hand in hand Sorrows in sorrows Chased by plastic deer and tarp spirits Tripping over tools and sleeping bullets Years of dusty praying You picked a pouch off of your dad's tree Poured it in my mouth to show me How he'd saved all of your baby teeth You said special fears they always win Like A river been robbed of it's bend A Braid you just don't want end A snake who knows he'll never stand And fingers that can't find their hand A Bead you just can't seem to strand Oh don't you know that feeling? Like someones been stealing all your kindling? So you taught the stones to talk On the fawn fired path you walk You taught the flames to talk On the fawn fired path you walk You taught the stones to talk On the fawn fired path you walk You taught the flames to talk On the fawn fired path you walk Walk with him.
4.
Icarus Eye 04:03
Lemon filled bowls and you're home Lemon filled bowls and you're home Those lemon filled bowls and you're home And mama said Oh mama said Oh my mama she said That I’m a pyramid The Icarus eye in style The Icarus eye in style It tattooed your breath a while But pears in bowls And sowing seeds Oh pears in bowls And sowing seeds Mean I’m a pyramid Mean I’m a pyramid Oh soaking almonds in milky mouths Kiss yours into mine don’t let your teeth fall out Roll them around licking your lips Open up and let the moths take drift Head in the dirt and I’m home Head in the dirt and I’m home My head in the dirt and I’m home And you were my missing elements For a few glow in the dark moments You were my missing elements For a few glow in the dark moments For moments You were my missing elements You were my missing elements And mama said and mama said That I'm a pyramid
5.
I have heard about this About walking into a room And floor being covered in snake skins Oh, snake skins How I wanna crawl back into them Like sleeping bags And I need this like i need paper thin fins How I envy the herrings Always on their way In easy flashes Tiny lightning glinting Like sparks when hooves strike flint But I feel like I am swimming through stone So I'll hold my brain out of the water As I swim my remains back to her 'Cause the last thing that I need is a wet brain During the hurricane So I'll rest my weary head Between the egret's beak So I can hear you sing The salmon eggs to sleep With the songs of the wild I thought the coast was clear I thought the coast was clear But I'm wading through dead skeeters Through wriggling larva Through blood suckers I've never sucked blood before this No I've never sucked blood before this I've never sucked blood before this And I knew better But I walked right in again And there is that floor all covered with Owl pellets I examine the tidy bits Of wonder and decay All mystified At the little skeletal glories I wonder what went on in the rabbits hole And how these tiny things cannot seem to escape Until we are left with snake skin Matted fur and hair thin Oh hair thin bones
6.
*(Song for Kate Wolf)* When hawks glide underwater And salmon replace the unborn The forgotten will rise from the oceans Nests of kelp all strewn in their horns Whispering "Please take us back, please take us back we've learned our lessons." And Kate we are breaking down here Without your seasons and fearless snow And Kate we are breaking down here Without your seasons and fearless bones And white fanged foreverness Bare footed wilderness Green tangled gills need rest And we can be forever blessed We can be forever blessed If we take the back roads like you said If we take the back roads And here on this pile of shell I call out To the pods all gathered like thunderheads Thunder in our heads Crying with your songs like a peaceful death Please teach us release Teach me release Cause' Kate we are breaking down here Without your seasons and fearless snow And Kate we are breaking down here Without your seasons and fearless bones White fanged foreverness Barefooted wilderness Green tangled gills need rest And we can be forever blessed We can be forever blessed If we take the back roads like you said If we take the back roads And here on this pile of driftwood I will Carefully string up stick by stick Thin by thick bit by bit Rib by rib rib by rib Until a mobile of you dances and shifts In perfect balance take me back. In perfect balance take me back. I've learned my lesson. And white fanged foreverness Barefooted wilderness Green tangled gills need rest And we can be forever blessed We can be forever blessed If we take the back roads like you said If we take the back roads
7.
Twin Song 04:35
This this is This this is Banjo blues confused train Track me down And this this is This this is Lanterns strung on walls letting out howls Burning leaves leave me smokey And bats hang from The tired eyes in the hills those holes To my high heaven Where my twin will take my hand Where my twin will drink my veins Where my twin will drag me down Where my twin feel the same And where my twin grab my mane And ride me wild into that higher heaven And this this is And this this is Settling down in our heads But we thought it was rain Now we're fighting the snow And chewing on these grains But we still don't know How to sew our seeds back to the ground So I'll need my twin to take my hand Need my twin to drink my veins Need my twin to drag me down Need my twin to feel the same I'll need my twin to grab my mane And ride me wild into that higher heaven High higher heaven High higher heaven High higher heaven I want my twin to take my hand Want my twin to drink my veins Want my twin to drag me down Want my twin to feel the same I want my twin to grab my mane And ride me wild into that higher heaven This this is And this this is Banjo blues confused train Track me down
8.
Tule 06:19
Even though we sleep like ferns I still feel like I'm gone for good And even though we sleep like ferns I still feel like I'm gone for good I still feel like I'm gone And whether it's the anther, python, panther They still breathe heart wind Heart wind, heart wind, lumber and blood Heart wind, heart wind, who has the guts To spill them spill them from way way up While we're just floating on our backs Tea parties underwater Summers made of salt Swimming until we dissolve Into the sweet eye of the storm And we are here, we are here Forever naked, forever waiting forever loved by the water Swing with me softly Pull me up closely To that neck that smells of pine trees Smile that reminds me of shelter Oh can't we cling like magnets? Muddy dirt roads Sleet and snowfall The time we spent up north is made of good Made of good But there's a duck decoy of Tule Drifting out of reach Please wait! Please! Weave me Tule, oh Tule Pretending to be drowned How long can I hold this breath? I'm dangling my arms Buoyant body Becoming the greenery Until I am here Until I am here Forever naked, forever waiting Forever loved by the water Swing with me softly, pull me up closely To that neck that smells of pine trees Smile that reminds me of shelter Oh can't we cling like magnets? Muddy dirt roads, sleet and snowfall The time we spent up north is made of good Made of good I was visited by the water snake I was visited by the water snake She looked me over I was shaking She told me in tongues of wings In a language that sounds like the rustling of leaves That the Lord's been, Lord's been eating again So go on, go on, take my heart wind This last old wild thing that's blowin' With good dreams, wood beams, good good good good things And with the smoldering of love and armor The smoldering of love and armor And seeing the seen, being the being, oh oh oh oh Seeing the seen, being the being, oh oh oh oh Seeing the seen, being the being, oh

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released April 1, 2012

Recorded at Monsoon and Sun Dial Studios in Grass Valley CA
Produced by Sean Kae and Mariee Sioux
Electric Guitars by Jeff Manson and Tom Menig
Keys by Jeff Manson
Background Vocals by Mariee Sioux and Katie Hardin
Percussion by Sean Kae and Tom Menig
Flutes and synths by Jay Tausig

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Mariee Siou Sierra City, California

Mariee Siou (formerly Sioux) was raised in Northern California in the Sierra Foothills. She's been writing and sharing songs, in the nature of the healing arts, for over 15 years. Her riveting poetry mixed with her ethereal music has often been described as medicinal and visionary. ... more

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