Lisa Dery: Music

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"I like putting the characters in the songs in interesting situations. One of my favourite songs on the album is the dreamy-jazz-folk sounding ‘The Garden’.” The singer overhears the man she loves talking about his lost love. The song is about what happens to someone when the person they love loves someone else instead."

The Garden (Lyrics)

On my way to the garden
I heard you say
Your life lost it’s meaning when she went away

She’s not the seed from which you need to grow
Your soul is the root of your happiness you know

Cry you see
Vines grow, take you over and keep you from me
Thorns grow on the rose that was once meant for me

When you speak of the past
I see guilt in your eyes
You still try to hide it
Concealing her lies

She is the one who did this thing to you
Your pride although broken can still grow anew

Laugh and you’ll be
Proud and majestic, vibrant and free
Like a flower in bloom to be gathered by me

The months passed you by and the weeds are now grown
They’ve entangled your feelings and kept you alone
These are the thoughts from which you can’t break free
These are the poisons that keep you from me

Blind, you can’t see
You were strangled, constricted, no longer could breathe
And those are the reasons you didn’t want me

Ask and you’ll see
I’m wilted and faded, no longer can dream
And she is the reason I cannot foresee
That you would only ever love me


© by Lisa Déry – 2002