Cassette Faultline 27 (The Garden)

[Verse] I found a garden growing sideways in the hollow of a tree where the roots were climbing upward and the leaves looked down at me There were silver-eating beetles with their kingdoms in their eyes and a congregation of mushrooms singing softly to the flies Every stone contained a weather every raindrop held a sea every branch became a question with a thousand ways to be I asked the gardener for directions but he laughed behind his veil Every path becomes a circle when you follow your own trail [Chorus] Oh, the garden grows sideways and the river climbs the wall there are kingdoms in the thistle and a universe in every fall Oh, the flowers turn their faces to a sun that no one sees and the earth keeps rearranging all the things we call the trees [Verse] A blue worm wore a silver crown and ruled a kingdom made of rain his royal court was full of mirrors that reflected someone else's name A fox with transparent feathers sold umbrellas to the moon while a choir of sleeping beetles sang the flowers into bloom [Chorus] Oh, the garden grows sideways and the river climbs the wall there are kingdoms in the thistle and a universe in every fall Oh, the flowers turn their faces to a sun that no one sees and the earth keeps rearranging all the things we call the trees [Drop] Perhaps the roots are only branches that have forgotten how to rise Perhaps the ground is just the ceiling of a world beneath the sky [Rise] Perhaps the things we leave behind us are the seeds of what we become Perhaps the earth is not a garden perhaps the garden is the sun [Chorus] Oh, the garden grows sideways and the river climbs the wall there are kingdoms in the thistle and a universe in every fall Oh, the flowers turn their faces to a sun that no one sees and the earth keeps rearranging all the things we call the trees [Outro] The morning came in through the floor wearing seven shades of green I closed my eyes to find the garden It was looking back at me