Gates of Eden-Totta Näslund

[00:09.21]Of war and peace the truth just twists [00:14.31]Its curfew gull just glides [00:21.40]Upon four legged forest clouds [00:26.23]The cowboy angel rides [00:33.35]With his candle lit into the sun [00:38.12]Though its glow is waxed in black [00:45.93]All except when neath the trees of Eden [00:55.34]The lamppost stands with folded arms [00:59.96]Its iron claws attached [01:07.35]To curbs neath holes where babies wail [01:12.11]Though it shadows metal badge [01:19.75]All and all can only fall [01:24.32]With a crashing but meaningless blow [01:31.60]No sound ever comes from the gates of Eden [01:41.48]The savage soldiers sticks his head in sand [01:47.61]And then complains [01:53.52]Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf [01:59.65]But still remains [02:05.78]Upon the beach where hound dogs bay [02:10.52]At ships with tatooed sails [02:18.32]Heading for the gates of Eden [02:22.82] [02:27.97]With a time rusted compass blade [02:32.37]Alladin and his lamp [02:39.92]Sits with Utopian hermit monks [02:44.35]Side saddle on the golden calf [02:51.99]And on their promises of paradise [02:56.67]You will not hear a laugh [03:04.21]All except inside the gates of Eden [03:13.78]Relationships of ownership [03:18.33]They whisper in the wings [03:25.74]To those condemned to act accordingly [03:30.94]And wait for succeeding kings [03:37.48]And I will try to harmonize with songs [03:42.58]The lonesome sparrow sings [03:49.55]There are no kings inside the gates of Eden [03:59.48]The motorcycle black madonna [04:03.99]The two wheeled gypsy queen [04:11.05]And her silver studded phantom cause [04:15.95]The gray flannel dwarf to scream [04:23.35]As he weeps to wicked birds of prey [04:27.99]Who pick up on his bread crumb sins [04:35.20]And there are no sins inside the gates of Eden [04:45.07]The kingdoms of experience [04:49.59]In the precious wind they rot [04:56.83]While paupers change [04:59.44]Possessions each one wishing for what the other has got [05:08.96]And the princess and the prince [05:12.88]Discuss what's real and what is not [05:20.99]It doesn't matter inside the gates of Eden [05:30.74]The foreign sun it squints upon [05:35.28]A bed that is never mine [05:42.35]As friends and other strangers [05:46.22]From their fates try to resign [05:54.55]Leaving men wholly totally free [05:58.84]To do anything they wish to do but die [06:05.88]And there are no trials inside the gates of Eden [06:15.33]At dawn my lover comes to me [06:20.14]And tells me of her dreams [06:27.47]With no attempts to shovel the glimpse [06:31.93]Into the ditch of what each one means [06:39.21]At times I think there are no words [06:43.82]But these to tell what's true [06:51.08]And there are no truths outside the gates of Eden [06:57.58]