Seeds Beneath the Snow Track

If/When (2024)

In an overcrowded world
We rip the flesh from every bone
There is no stone we leave unthrown
No known unknown

We can but unwrap the coil
Lay bare the self, reveal the soul
And make the double helix bend
To remake ourselves

Unprepared
The green man stares
The descendants of the forest will forget his name

A cog, a wheel, a spoke, a switch
A machine for others’ benefit
They chain our hands and still our thoughts
But dreams of life remain

Void of nature, wild and free
Responsible for every deed
Our fate the fate of humankind
But beneath the snow the seeds

Unprepared
The green man stares
The descendants of the forest will forget his name

Plough and sow, decay and grow
We cannot help but understand
The chiming of the bell that marks
The changing of the land

Spring light shines bright through the trees
A lock that binds, a key that frees
The winter thaws and new life grows
From seeds beneath the snow

Unprepared
The green man stares
The descendants of the forest will forget his name

Unprepared
The green man stares
The descendants of the forest must reclaim his name