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sun kil moon - garden of lavender lyrics

was on a flight home from—well, it doesn’t matter
with eleven hours, a million thoughts were gathering
my mind kept going to my garden of lavender
i wanted to get to them so they wouldn’t die
when i got home, they were dry as wheat
while the vines thrived around them b-horror film green
not sure what my lavender symbolize
but inside my heart cried
my heart is drawn to the small out-of-the-way things
that i can’t help but to give my focus and attention and care
cause they shut off what hijacks my brain
and help to tune out what can cause me pain
and i care for the animals around my yard
and my sister’s children and i care for my garden
swarmed upon by bumblebees
and yellow jackets and wasps and h-rnets that can dart out and sting

i see the big orange tabby cat
getting warm on the cover of the hot tub
he turns over on his back
looking for a belly rub
i see the deer tracks in the snow
on the animal path
that leads into my backyard
i hear the sound of my girlfriend’s car
coming up the driveway and it fills my heart
with joy
though i know it will all end someday
and someone else will be sleeping in my mountain house
wondering who lived here before
just like i sometimes do
though i never really cared to explore
i see the chocolate and peanut b-tter cat
i look at him and he looks back
i snap my fingers and blow him a kiss
he rubs his head against my hand and we reminisce
i walk downtown and see the christmas lights
along the highway and how they shine
and i’m reminded of when i was a child
and how happy i felt when i opened the box and saw a guitar inside

was on a flight to somewhere i can’t remember
i feel like i’ve lived so many lives, i can’t put it all together
dordrecht, holland, yeah that was it
i had a nice dinner with a concert promoter and his korean wife, suyoung kim
then dropped me off at an old spooky hotel
i felt like an old man in a castle looking over at the c-n-l
and i went and i played for a crowd but my heart wasn’t there
i came back to my room and slouched in my bed
and i fell asleep still stewing about my dried up lavender
and i fell asleep in the dark dead night
and i dreamed of a bluejay picking up a seed
and p-ssing it to another’s beak
then watched him soar to another branch
then a baby possum hissed at me as i crept up on him near a trash can
and i woke up one rainy morning in dordrecht, holland
then got on a flight for london, england

then i took a cab from heathrow right to westfield mall in shepherd’s bush
where i bought a raincoat, then checked into the k west hotel
and ate at a polish restaurant down the street
i played the next night at shepherd’s bush empire
neil halstead and his band were opening and their soundcheck sounded great
and as i watched i remembered playing with mojave 3 in the mid-’90s
one of the shows being at cmj in new york
and i remembered seeing them open for gomez in madrid in 1998
i was with my girlfriend marina but i somehow managed to sneak in an unforgettable kiss with rachel backstage
it was one of those kisses that you’ll take to your grave
gomez knew i was there, and they played “grace cathedral park” that night and i got pretty choked up listening to them
so anyhow, i played my show at shepherd’s bush that night and a fan heckled me asking if i really hated nels cline
i explained that i didn’t, that his name just rhymed with one word or the other
after the show, i left with my agent, ed, and his wife, and alessia, and we talked for a bit
then i walked back to the k west with my guitar and got into my bed, called my girlfriend and fell asleep

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