Hazelwood

I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head light was the wood, light and green and what I saw, I had not seen the bark of the tree a place where a fire had been the prickly water lily the chestnut and the burr a man with thick hair who washes it and dries it bare the little monkey looks at me he wants to tell me something that he has forgotten stone flowers, diamond fire and incandescent fruit the dog barked talking to the stars the rattlesnake coughed up my scars I saw the tracks of the sky on the ground. it was a galaxy turned upside down I woke up and i went out I heard your voice of white fire pierce through the black universe drowned out by friction of the earth translate your fear into love the way the sea is the moon's blood I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head This self-titled debut album incorporates both original phrases and fragments of works by various poets and mystics, including Billy Collins, Ron Padgett, Jim Harrison, Hafiz, Pablo Neruda, Walt Whitman, and others. credits released 24 December 2013 Written and performed by Ari Gelardin and Jacob Palmer with Jason Slota on drums and Jay Pellicci recording at Tiny Telephone Recording Studio in San Francisco, California. (October 2013)