I Defer (Vulture Woman) (Live)
Edenspore
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This one goes out To all the roadkill on our streets We don't get to choose who will live or die Or how each life will benefit There's no reward in asking why If what you seek is relevance One thing that's true No matter who you are or your affiliation A body left to rot and stink on a road with no respect Is a fate that's suffered worse than death It's just humiliation To the skunk, the two raccoons, the fawn, and the orange cat I see you, and I'm sorry For the place that we're at A place so full of wooden havens Dissected by busy roads A culture full of unconscious behavior Empowered with so much control We drive too fast We cut too deep We think the Earth is ours to keep We call these brains our destiny Divinely bestowed in a hierarchy But we're wrong in this belief We are a species in infancy I defer To the best of my ability To ants and plants To fungi and trees To wind and fire To birds and bees To water and sand To soil and peat To vines and lichen All creatures I meet I don't get to choose Who lives or dies But I can drive as the turkey vulture flies Ever with a watchful eye To the life-force squandered at the roadside Saving carrion eaters from premature demise Risking their lives for a meal between speeding drivers Other humans stop for me Damsel in distress? What a beauty Need a ride, baby? Hey, mami Why, thank you, gentlemen You're mighty kind I'd be happy to borrow your muscles for a time Put on these gloves, and grab this shovel Prepare your nose, for there might be trouble You see this bag inside this box I prepared it to transport this fox That body there behind my car Their part of our community, not from afar Where I'm from, we honor our dead so bodies can inter And spirits can be led where spirits go Back to The Soulstream, where I'll go We drive too fast We cut too deep We think the Earth Is ours to keep We call these brains Our destiny Divinely bestowed In a hierarchy But we are wrong In this belief We are a species In infancy I defer To the best of my ability To ants and plants To fungi and trees To wind and fire To birds and bees To water and sand To soil and peet To vines and lichen All creatures I meet I defer I defer Rest In Peace Rest In Peace Rest In Peace Rest In Peace Rest In Peace Rest In Peace
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