IT WAS JUST BEFORE THE MOON HUNG HER WEARY HEAVY HEAD
IN THE GALLOWS AND THE GRAVES OF THE MILKY MILKY CRADLE
HIS TEARS HAVE TURNED TO POPPIES
A SHIMMER IN THE MOONLIGHT
A FLOWER IN THE TWILIGHT
AND OUR SCREAMING IS IN HIS SCREAMING
OUR SCREAMING IN THE WILLOW
THEY TOOK HIM TO THE GALLOWS
HE FOUGHT THEM ALL THE WAY THOUGH
AND WHEN THEY ASKED US HOW WE KNEW HIS NAME
WE DIED JUST BEFORE HIM
OUR EYES ARE IN THE FLOWERS
OUR HANDS ARE IN THE BRANCHES
OUR VOICES IN THE BREEZES
AND OUR SCREAMING IS IN HIS SCREAMING
OUR SCREAMING IN THE WILLOW
WE’RE WAITING BY THE WILLOW
OUR MILKY MILKY CRADLE
OUR LOCKETS LONG HAVE RUSTED
HIS PICTURE WORN AND WEATHERED
OUR HAIR IS IN THE GARDEN
THE ROSES IN OUR TOESES
OUR HEARTS ARE IN THE BLOSSOMS
OUR EYES ARE IN THE BRANCHES
AND OUR SCREAMING IS IN HIS SCREAMING
OUR SCREAMING IN THE WILLOW TREE
“The Gallows” written and performed by Sierra & Bianca Casady
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official video directed by Emma Freeman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XuJ1ljGR0A
original image by Emma Freeman
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