opossum - lyric video
the other night i saw the body of an opossum on the side of the road as i drove home round 2 in the morning. fresh killed still the memory of life in her eyes. no stars no moon overcast but inky heavens loomed over me. love and loss hung on my shoulders, the weight of night. pulled me into the image, the body, the road. processed it by writing this tune while waiting for an emergency dentist appointment the next morning.
thanks rae fraser for riding along with me to shoot this video. love infinity
shot in humboldt county, california
lyrics:
i was driving slowly under ink black skies
saw a body, soft and white
little face all frozen in my yellow headlights
so lonely, driving from your house to mine
my head was underwater, wet with need
saw a body on the highway, freed
black tar all tender under ink black skies
saw a body freed, soft and white, oh my
i was driving slowly