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Xs for Eyes

from Noise In You by David Garland

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Xs for Eyes

I’m back on my back,
 legs in the air,
a pair of Xs for eyes.
In my word balloon
there’s just a question mark.
So you look to the right
and there’s a “meanwhile” caption there.
Then a city scene,
but seen from afar.
There’s a little window,
and that’s where you are.
Then you’re in silhouette
against the moon.
There’s a gun in your hand,
but this is just a cartoon.
With simple lines
the whole picture is clear.
Each smile and frown seems so sincere.
—
The next panel shows me
with a nervous smile,
beads of sweat on my brow.
And there’s a “meanwhile” caption next.
Then there’s you,
lit from below.
You’re scrawny and thin,
as if drawn by Ditko.
Over your head,
a thought balloon;
It shows you thinking of me,
but this is just a cartoon.

The panels are placed
in tiers on the page.
Read left to right
they form an ink and paper stage.
I’m cross-hatched away,
lines over-drawn —
inspiration gone stale.

Then you’re boarding a train,
then we see it arrive.
Then we’re back at my swoon,
and we see me revive.
We were far apart,
now you’re closer to me
since I told you my
secret identity.
—
It ends with a splash
on the final page:
the Earth floating in space,
and there’s a “meanwhile” caption there.
There’s a “meanwhile” caption there.
There’s a “meanwhile” caption there.
There’s a “meanwhile” caption there.

credits

from Noise In You, released April 24, 2007
David Garland: vocals, 12-string guitar, flutes, clarinets; Sufjan Stevens: vocals, oboe

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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 ... more

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