Not For Thee

from These Golden Threads by Gun Mother

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lyrics

If I were to leave here before the dawn
And hold on to the notion that we are good
To kneel down to the beauty of everything
To give myself in offering

With your pale hands
Inspecting the gift I bring
Would you say this is not for thee?

There is God on either side of the river bed
There is a wall between our hearts again
And like the Christ at the temple shaking his fist
We are shut out of the temple once again

And when you nail
Every broken heart to a cross
Would you say this is not for thee?

Let the birds rest along my limbs
Let’s sit in the mercy of the world
Let my mouth whisper into the hollowness
Let my body sink into the soil

Remove me from the story
That you wrote
For this is not for thee.

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from These Golden Threads, released September 11, 2017

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Gun Mother Providence, Rhode Island

A dead-of-winter psych folk outfit who write orchestral and somber songs about circles, mystic rabbits, the resting position of urban birds and other such rituals.

From Boston MA, featuring members of Reverend Glasseye, Brian Carpenter and the Confessions and Ho-Ag

"This is music of considerable substance and depth, played at its best"
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