The Barrel - Aldous Harding

I feel your love

I feel time is up

When I was a child, I never knew enough

What’d that do to me?

The wave of love is a transient hurt

Water’s the shell and we are the knot

But I saw a hand arch out of the barrel

Look at all the peaches

How do you celebrate?

Can’t appear inside of nowhere

It’s already dead

I know you have the dove

I’m not gettin' wet

Looks like a date is set

Show the ferret to the egg

I’m not gettin' led along

Rushed in to hold down your page

And now I sleep 'side words you do not read with me

I hear a song from inside the maze, the very one you made

You shook at the ivory mantle

As a poet, I knew to be gentle

When you have a child, so begins the braiding

And in that braid you stay

Look at all the peaches

I want to celebrate

I can appear inside of nowhere

Look at all the peaches

It’s already dead

I know you have the dove

I’m not getting wet

Looks like a date is set

Show the ferret to the egg

I’m not getting led along

The wave of love is a transient hurt

Water’s the shell and we are the knot

But I saw a match struck outside the barrel

(The barrel)

It’s already dead

I know you have the dove

I’m not getting wet

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

Looks like a date is set

Show the ferret to the egg

I’m not getting led along

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

It’s already dead

I know you have the dove

I’m not getting wet

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

Looks like a date is set

Show the ferret to the egg

I’m not getting led along

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

(The barrel)

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(The barrel)

(The barrel)

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