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Forest Fractures

from Control Songs by David Garland

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Forest Fractures

Branches growing thick and thickly,

grow in sharp and jagged lines.

Bark on trunks is rough and brittle,

needle leaves grow on the pines.

There are leaves in all directions,

there are leaves upon the ground.

Friction in the upper levels

offers ears the only sound.

Trees can block out all the sunlight,

vines can cling with viperous coil.

And the roots are part of this scene,

though they’re hidden in the soil.

(chorus:)

Trunks taper to twigs.

A twig’s a harness for a leaf.

Leaves translate the light

into wood and green and height.

Breaking branches, crackling footsteps—

sounds not heard here for an age.

Forest fractures herald humans

appearing on our verdant stage.

Are they here to chop the woods down,

stripping bare the forest floor,

clearing roads and building cities,

making way for millions more?

No, it’s worse, they come as poets,

to interpret what is here.

Seeing trees as symbols only

of their strictly human fear.

(chorus)

One intruder tripped and stumbled,

fell into the underbrush.

One is lost; another’s frightened

by the leafy forest’s hush.

Still another’s nervous feeling

stems from staring at a tree.

They’re all desperate, in a panic,

thrashing through the woods to flee.

They think forests harbor dangers,

they think woods should be cut down.

But the truth is, their behavior

differs little in the town.

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from Control Songs, released September 1, 1986

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Composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist David Garland has been steadily shaping songs in new ways since 1980.

"Like many great songwriters before him, Garland pushes the limits of acceptable harmony and dissonance, yet never at the expense of beauty. If it's not possible for popular music to reach the heights of the great classical masters, it seems no one has told David Garland."
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