The Rapeseed Yellow, The Poppies Red

from Trees by Lawrence Illsley

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lyrics

I shouldn't hope to understand
the shifting hues of desert sand
cause I grew up with fields instead
the rapeseed yellow, the poppies red

Once out walking years ago
I saw these colours laid out on the road
I knew what to do before anyone said
you pause at yellow, but stop at red

Familiar too is the blue foreign sky
a tooth's still a toe and eye still and eye
but these can be traded as somebody said
the coward is yellow, the murderer red

But passengers change their ships in the night
the sailors of sand unmasked in the light
one second alive another one dead
the sunset is fading from yellow to red

Perhaps I'm a tourist confused at the sight
perhaps there's a painter who plays with the light
but when blood spills out of somebody's head
the desert it changes, from yellow to red

I shouldn't hope to understand
the shifting hues of desert sand
cause I grew up with fields instead
the rapeseed yellow, the poppies red

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from Trees, released February 26, 2021
Written and performed by Lawrence Illsley

Sarah McQuaid, additional vocals

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Lawrence Illsley is an award winning poet and songwriter. Trees is his debut album and is released to coincide with his award winning poetry collection A Brief History of Trees.

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