Name: Samuel Davis Jr. - Perspective
Duration: P00H03M21S
Description: Man may be the highest creation, but I suspect whoever said that didn't have leaves.

Samuel Davis Jr. - Perspective

from Now! That's What I Call Wordsmith by Stephen Wordsmith

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Man may be the highest creation, but I suspect whoever said that didn't have leaves.

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Beneath the tree i lie and read
A book by Gilgamesh
But through his eyes, I taunt him
With his family's shredded flesh

This warm and gentle story
Seems so innocent to me
But it's another tale
From the perspective of the tree

Nearby, I built a great log cabin
I am safe and warm within
But to he, I shelter in a pile
Of cut-down bodies of his kin

This fond and steady dwelling
Seems so innocent to me
But it is no hearth or home
From the perspective of the tree

I throw another splitted branch
Down upon the crackling flames
To he, another desecrated corpse
Burned to ashes in my name

This gentle act of warming
Seems to innocent to me
But one more soul defiled
From the perspective of the tree

And what about a treehouse?
The greatest sin of all
To nail him to the twisted bones
Of who'd before him fall
And what a parting insult
This last disdaining thing
To sit upon this gruesome throne
And look down on him like a king

Beneath the tree i lie and read
A book by Gilgamesh
But through his eyes, I taunt him
With his family's shredded flesh

This warm and gentle story
Seems so innocent to me
But it's another tale
From the perspective of the tree

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from Now! That's What I Call Wordsmith, released October 7, 2019
Written and recorded for 50 Songs in 90 Days, 2018

Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Vocals, all instruments and production by Samuel Davis Jr: www.sammycountry.com

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