In The Rushes - Islands

Barefoot, passing through

I knelt down to get a better view

Of what grew there

Well, what grew there?

Scared, heard a terrible sound

Lay down, played dead

That’s when I heard it clearer

In the rushes a voice said:

You could walk around forever

And never notice me

A little closer in the rushes

Hiding down among the reeds

A seed, a seed

A seed, a seed

Oh, oh

I swallowed

It digested quick

But not enough to not make me sick

I lost it

It tasted like a light

Going off inside my mind

La la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La

Then suddenly I was out of harm’s way

Forgetting the desire to remember

Trans tourist vanished

Finished damaged playback

I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack

I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack

Then I coughed up blood

Scraped it off my tongue

Sucked it off my thumb

And it was rotten

Oh, ooh

Care to care

I knelt down but you weren’t there anymore

I was pushed into a bush

In the rushes on the screen

It was all acting

Cellos, cellos, cellos, cellos

Cellos, cellos, cellos, cellos

Cellos, cellos, cellos, cellos

Cellos, cellos, cellos, cellos

I can’t believe it

Believe that I had seen it

Remembered who was in my arms

Remembered when I had arms

It’s like a dream

The way that it unfolded

Like I’d been in the rushes without knowing

I kissed it but I must admit

I missed it now I do forget

Like I’d been in the rushes without knowing

You are forgotten

You’ve been forgotten

You are forgotten

You’ve been forgotten

You are forgotten

You are forgotten

You are forgotten

You are forgotten

You are forgotten

You are forgotten

You’re all forgotten