The Oleander Fires

Waking with the sunrise As soothing as the breeze Find it hard to settle down I'm running through the trees

I'm not rolling with the New Age Fighting battles you can't conceive Walking through the scrubland Heading for the sea

The oleander fires give little heat but their breath intoxicates you You're dreaming of garrigue and wonder why you're weak

Crawling back to meet you Calling out to greet you

Sound the Alarm! The worriers are coming Bearing gifts only Greeks would refuse Falling out of their clothes

It's not the path they'd choose It's a battle they're bound to lose When winter seeds the spring You catch hold of everything

The oleander fires give little heat but their breath intoxicates you You're dreaming of garrigue and wonder why you ache Crawling back to meet the oleander fires

The oleander fires give little heat but their breath intoxicates you You're dreaming of garrigue and wonder why you weep

Crawling back to meet you The oleander fires, waking with the sunrise

Words and music, vocals instrumentation, MIDI percussion editing, production by Dave Bradley, dB/

Remixed and remastered March 2021, with additional bass guitar

Written Kythira, Greece