Poison Garden

from Deep Leads by The Orbweavers

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Subjects: medicinal plants, poisons, escape, intoxication, gardening, childhood

We wanted this song to sound like a crooning 50s lounge song with a psychedelic twist. Julie London meets magic mushrooms. We are fascinated with medicinal and poisonous plants and the history of their use, and their future potential. There are also a few poisonous plant varieties in our garden at home, so they made it into the song too.

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They said
‘Do not play in the poison garden’
Foxgloves sway,
In the poison garden.
Melia berries fall like marbles,
Now crushed and broken
As the ground there hardens.
When I was younger, I used to marvel,
When they would warn me about the poison garden.

Belladonna, sweet deadly nightshade
Oleander, you make my heart break.
Red angel trumpets, pendulous glory,
Pupils dilate with a midnight story.
Oh ancient yew tree, laden with berries -
Medical pardon, from the poison garden.

And as I shelter, beneath this bower,
Beauty and power in the poison garden.

I’ll take my hours in the poison garden.

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from Deep Leads, released September 17, 2017

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The Orbweavers Melbourne, Australia

The Orbweavers are Marita Dyson & Stuart Flanagan, multidisciplinary artists working in song, performance and visual art. Their work responds to history, memory and place. They are interested in local waterways, industrial history and environmental change.

They have written and recorded 3 albums, co-produced by their greyhound companions, Fern (RIP 2018) & Susie, released through Mistletone.
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