Lay Down Your Head

A fansong for The Silt Verses Lyrics: Lay down your head for the rising tide Twist in the mud on the hook and line But the water must rise and a god be fed Lay down your head on the river bed Lay down your head in among the reeds Where the cold shivers and water seeps In through your skin till it chills the blood Lay down your head for the coming flood Lay down your head in the current’s grasp As the song of your cries gargles into gasps You’ll sing as your throat fills and your lungs burn Lay down your head where the water churns Lay down your head below the waves Forget what you were and from where you came As the dark claims your eyes the deeps music plays Lay down your head and be washed away You’ll twist and reshape as your flesh unfurls ‘Round barnacled bones the green weeds curl The hermit crabs crawl through your chest gaping wide Lay down your head in the rising tide