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Planar Reincarnation

from Creationism by Weston Payne

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lyrics

Measure twice, cut once
If the back's precise, so is the front
Destruction, spinning blades
For construction, tools to make

Held in place with clamps and glue
Building space for when we're two
Somewhere you can display your books
And share our records in this nook

By hand work out the details
Sand and shape the dovetails
Finess the pieces into place
Stress the joints and outer face

Brush the stain in even strokes
With the grain the wood awoke
Planes of lumber brought to life
Out of slumber into light


Fabricated fruits from a tree
Educated for when we're three
The elements and skills create
A settlement for a future state


When all you've got
is a hammer
Everything looks like a nail

And I don't have
The tools to measure
All these things as clear as air


Aspen, cherry, oak or pine
Walnut and mahogany
Screws and pegs, elmers wood glue
Nuanced materiality

Chestnut stain, teak or tung oil
Satin polyurethane
Solvents solve the final step
Finished ready to display


When all you've got
Is a hammer
Everything looks like a nail

And I can't shape
Objective standards
There's no saw for when and where


This tree grew
From an acorn the ground
Teeming with life
A center of sounds

Spring robins nesting
Blue egg supporting branch
Squirrels anxious sleeping
In their elevated ranch


This home was built
From trees born in the ground
Still Nurturing life
And so many sounds

Generations of families
Marking growth spurts on the wall
Corner spiders and tenant cats
The bark of an old family dog


Axes, ropes and chainsaws
The harbingers of change
Not death, reincarnation
Refined to useful planes

Yearly rings become the grain
Always remember how it grew
Informed by all its prior lives
Constructing something new

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from Creationism, released May 20, 2019

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Weston Payne Chicago, Illinois

Solo project of Daniel Weston Payne. Usually some sort of mix of electronic and natural elements, songs about driving and philosophical thought experiments

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