Gabriel Kahane - Gabriel Kahane lyrics

In this black garden Of carrion light There is a suspension of motion and stillness That hollows the night In this black garden Of heartbreak and wonder The banks are all ablaze Self-satisfied As they plunder I am alone on this hill; These vistas are certain I may be frightened by the sounds Of history crying as it drowns But I will pull back the curtain In this black garden I once called the selfish city I try to calculate the anguish And the anger and all the aspirations Of the millions who have lived here and will live in desperation Who are careful and are careless Whom I have cheated Who thought the swindle that I offered was a salve... I am alone on this hill; These vistas are certain I may be frightened by the sounds Of history crying as it drowns But I will pull back the curtain In this black garden Of carrion light There is a suspension of motion and stillness That hollows the night