Lyrics

LINEA ALBA

WHAT AWAITS US
AT THE TRAILHEAD
SHE SLEEPING QUEEN
SHE DREAMING HUNTRESS
CANNOT BE STILL
CANNOT BE QUIET
VERY LONG

AND HERE WE MILL AMONG
ENTANGLING SPIRITS
THAT SOMEHOW REGISTER
YE ARE NO BETTER
NO MORE DESERVING
NO LESS SO
NO MORE QUALIFIED
DESPITE ALL MERITS
TO BE ANIMATE
AND TO CHANNEL

BEND THE LINE
REST THE LEVEL
UNBRAID THE LINEA ALBA

SO MUCH FOR THE LEARNED MAN
I THOUGHT I WOULD BECOME
SPEAK NOT THE OLD TONGUE
SPEAK NOT THE NEW ONE
I JUST SPOUT JUPITER JITTER
RADIATE PUPPETEER'S ACHE
TAPPING EVERPRESENT
O'ER THE FONTENELLE
DOWN THE LINEA ALBA

THAT DREAMING HUNTRESS
SPEAKS ALTERNATE ENGLISH
SHE ONE WRONGLY ACCUSED
WOMAN ODYSSEUS
HER JOYOUS DOTTED TANGLE
CUTTING THROUGH ALL DISTANT LANDS
SO WHAT I GATHER
I GATHER
NOT MINE TO HOLD TOGETHER
MIDAS HAD A TOUCH
MOSES HAD A STUTTER

IS THERE A THIN LINE
OF FIBROUS TISSUE
LEFT FOR OUR HEARTS
TO GET AROUND TO
SOME ANTIQUE SPINDLE
ALWAYS FELT
NEVER KNOWN
MY MIND GOES CLUTCHING
OVER ITS SURFACE
THE TONGUE IS STUCK
THE BRIDLE'S SLACK
IF YOU KEEP MOVING
THERE IS NO HURRY
BUT IF YOU STOP

THE ENTIRE WORLD IS

SHALL WE ANIMATE?
SHALL WE CHANNEL?
TILL THE LINE?
REST THE LEVEL?
UNBRAID THE LINEA ALBA?

SEE YOU SPRY
ALL RECONSTITUTED
SEE YOU YOUNGER THAN YOU STARTED
CATCHING BOULDERS ON THE HILL ALL DAY LONG
RIBCAGE LIKE BRANCHES IN WIND
BRIARS ALL CHEWED UP
WHAT A LUCKY FELLOW
WHAT A LUCKY FELLOW
NO MORE JUPITER JITTER
NO MORE PUPPETEER'S ACHE
WE GO WATERFALLING
O'ER THE FONTENELLE
DOWN THE LINEA ALBA