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In a Leafy Branch

from "Six Folds And A Throw" EP by Airborne Mark

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In a Leafy Branch
Lyrics By Airborne Mark

With the sun’s short winter walk
I almost finished the piece on the wall
Since morning despite the pitiless cold, I’d been restlessly trying to capture my heart’s burning load
Forlorn lines and clogging paint were not enough to get me warm
So when numb fingers could dance spontaneously on caps no more
I popped on headphones with loves songs for the broken hearted and hit the road
At home, over a 5 minute diner of bland cuscus and tinned Marcel I imagined you sitting across - smiling
If you were here, I would treat you be a masterly seasoned sea bass with rocket pesto
Table bejewelled with lit candles and origami serviettes instead of these markers sandwiched between sketchpads, Graphotism and VNA
Indeed it never felt so wrong with Winter Song trickling out on and on repeat
This HQ is bursting with so much emotion yet glaringly devoid of you being here

Can’t take you off my mind
Like you were a kite trapped in a leafy branch
Can’t forget those sparkling eyes
Like a homesick sojourner navigating by the stars
So come and shine into my life from wherever you are
But the more I follow, you’re still so afar

I lost myself in daubing ice cold Parisian blue
The canvas steadily drank its watery swatches as I brushed you off my attention till the setting moon
I puffed and huffed on the freshly painted clouds till my cheeks turned traffic red
A watched pot never boils speaking of which I stretched out with a loud pop in my stiff neck and went for a well deserved coffee break
Half-way through the chipped cup
In a mix of emotions I came up with this ardent rap
Before forgetting I wrote it with my ring finger in sugar I had sprinkled across the table top
Because you sweeten up my life yet it’s a fleeting hope
Soon I transferred to the dog-eared journal as the couplets like birth pangs kept coming
I tried to cage them like a pair of yellow-tailed black cockatoos
Same as with painting, perfecting verses did not help too
As the pile of crunched pages kept steadily mounting
No matter how much I tried to blunt that knife-like loneliness
I only found out that my heart was twice as pounding

Can’t take you off my mind
Like you were a kite trapped in a leafy branch
Can’t forget those sparkling eyes
Like a homesick sojourner navigating by the stars
So come and shine into my life from wherever you are
But the more I follow, you’re still so afar

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from "Six Folds And A Throw" EP, released September 17, 2010
Aiborne Mark, B Szczesny

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Graffiti artist by day, rapper by night. My heart is an origami cloud...

Singing Pictures & Painting Songs for Eternity and Beyond...

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