Botanist - VI: Flora lyrics
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Tracks 01. Stargazer
02. Callistemon 03. Cinnamomum Parthenoxylon 04. Gleditsia 05. Rhizophora 06. Dianthus 07. Leucadendron Argenteum 08. Pteridophyte 09. Wisteria 10. Erythronium 01. Stargazer
Facing the firmament
Heaven scent Rapid growth Within solar rays resplendent Hybrid liliae Dramatic crescence beatific In purest white and red enrobed Gazing towards the stars 02. Callistemon
Callistemon's thirst must be quenched
Legion thirty-four strong Come the vernal equinox Burst forth Coaxed by flame Seed capsules explode From within smoldering stamens As pollinated filaments turn to ash Teeming with hepialid larvae Its bark writhes with life Burrowed deep within To later take flight 03. Cinnamomum Parthenoxylon
Parthenoxylon
Evergreen virgin wood Martaban camphor Ashlike bark Saffrol laurel Oval-pointed green clusters At the hilt of blackened drupes (M)(yriad) Selasian flowers fall upon the corpses of the dead (D)(eep) Entactogenic safrole ecstacy (M)(arking) Heightened euphoria of their passing to the netherworld (A)(cquittal) of human blight 04. Gleditsia
Locust tree
As a zygomorphic mirror To the face of the hated Bilateral yoke Clustered thorns Turning red with age Growing from its face as jagged warnings Protectors of the treasure within Vernal flowers redolent 05. Rhizophora
Viviparous seeds
Hermaphrodite propagule Living tree In brackish water thrive Red mangrove At waters' junction Flowing to the sea 06. Dianthus
From sandy desert to arctic plain
Flowering Carophyllaceae Godlike carnation Glaucous greyish leaves Flowers five cyme strong 07. Leucadendron Argenteum
The light shimmers off velvet leaves
Silver-sheened guardian beacons Floral constellation glimmering majestic Argent protea Globose inriflorescences carried by the wind Silken veils perfume the air Like the fiercest fire Leucadendron's life burns fast From the flames of purification it rises anew To shine on once again 08. Pteridophyte
Binding the soil
Seedless cryptogram Devoid of flowers Via spores it disperses Genders entwined As antherida and archegonia converge 09. Wisteria
Climb high
Stems twine Grow wide Pinnate leaflets Jasmine scent Behemoth trunk Immense strength Wisteria 10. Erythronium
Pendant stamens
Bulbous teeth Daggers pointed down Perennial plant Nascent in Spring In forests of the North And meadows eternal Erythronium Nascent in Spring Erythronium In forests of the North |