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Phantom Limb

Out on a limb he sits and saws away,
cutting off all his contact with the trunk, the tree, the roots.
And as his saw cuts through, he starts to fall.
Leaves sigh as they spin around.
The wind blows.
The branch descends, it arcs and twirls.
He holds, he floats and falls; they’re plummeting down.
When they land, if they land,
they’ll know how to fly.

Feel my phantom limb
as it reaches out
to hold your hand,
your phantom hand.

Hear my phantom limb
make a phantom fist
that knocks and knocks upon your door.

See my phantom limb
as it points the way
back home from here,
back to your phantom home.

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from On the Other Side of the Window, released September 1, 2003

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David Garland New York, New York

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."
--Sean Lennon
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