Lyrics
Pablo's Eye
All She Wants Grows Blue
The Episodic Nature of Life—Part 1
In Damascus
So Omar told me at school
I traced him 20 years later to Plymouth
Where I'd heard he had an illegal practice
I found him drunk in an off-limits bar
Protesting that his name was Arabic for "doctor"
But people were listening to a sermon on the radio
The episodic nature of life
In Damascus, anatomy was discovered before Christ
Delay Horizon
Driving one night in the rain, he nearly falls asleep
He stops for coffee, looks at his hand
Driving one night in the rain
He remembers that night together with her
When she thought him asleep
She got up, stretched, and touched the window
He wondered what new weather she had divined
Next morning, she woke him
Stroked his palm and told him the news
The Adjuster
As a boy, Pedro had a stutter and loved straight lines
As a boy, Pedro had a stutter and loved straight lines
When he married, he moved to the city
For its railings, strip-lights, road signs, ledges, doorways
Pedro found he could talk smoothly after his son was born
When Pablo was a child, he loved his father's singing
But when it came to shoelaces
He hid from his father and looked at them, confused
He hid from his father and looked at them, confused
The Episodic Nature of Life—Part 2
In Damascus, anatomy was discovered before Christ
So Omar told me at school
I traced him 20 years later to Plymouth
Where I'd heard he had an illegal practice
I found him drunk in an off-limits bar
Protesting that his name was Arabic for "doctor"
But people were listening to a sermon on the radio
In Damascus, anatomy was discovered before Christ
In Damascus, anatomy was discovered before Christ
The episodic nature of life
The City Orange
She would stand alone in front of a mirror
(Stroking her belly,) looking for signs
She was puzzled by the expression she saw there
Later, he climbed up to the bridge and looked out over the city
It was night and the city orange
The river swelled, folding in on itself, like muscles
All she wants grows blue
