From the recording EMERGE, RETURN
Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.
Beth Porter - vocals, baritone ukulele, cello. Ben Please - vocals, acoustic guitar. Pete Townshend - percussion, Jupiter 8, bowed electric guitar, Mellotron.
Lyrics
I wrote this so you’d understand
The rise and fall, the action plan
The fight inside, surrender out
The stifled cries, the need to shout
The smuggled out, the smuggled in
A Mayday loss, a Mayday win
Trust in no one, trust in me
I could save humanity
Like Eve in your garden
Holding the silence
Moving in the shadows
Storing in arrows
Rotting from the top right down
Weakened by the secrets found
Flesh lies rotting on the ground
The flesh I once held in my hand
Like Eve in your garden
Holding the silence
Moving in the shadows
Storing the arrows
Wired in and wired up
Drinking from a poisoned cup
Worship God and shed the blood
Women have their sisterhood
Like Eve in your garden
Holding the silence
Moving in the shadows
Storing in arrows