I don't believe in omens or fear
Forebodings. I flee from neither slander
Nor from poison. Death does not exist.
Everyone's immortal. Everything is too.
No point in fearing death at seventeen,
Or seventy. There's only here and now, and light;
Neither death, nor darkness, exists.
We're all already on the seashore;
I tailored the age to fit me.
We walked to the south, raising dust above the steppe;
The tall weeds fumed; the grasshopper danced,
Touching its antenna to the horse-shoes - and it prophesied,
Threatening me with destruction, like a monk.
I strapped my fate to the saddle;
And even now, in these coming times,
I stand up in the stirrups like a child.
credits
from OUVEA SOLITARIO / LEBEN, LEBEN E.P.,
released October 15, 2013
Composed and arranged by Z I N V M M.
Lyrics: "Life, life" excerpts, by Arseni Tarkovski.
Z I N V M M: nylon stringed banjo, acoustic guitar, percussion, drones & vocals.