Odes to Joy

Tarot · Track 29 · middle

Eight of Wands

RWS: eight wands flying in parallel through clear open sky above a green landscape and a river — no people anywhere in the card. Keywords: speed, news arriving, everything landing at once, arrows already loosed and past recall.

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Lyrics

I watched the river winding slow for a month of quiet mornings
Staring at the plaster, pacing out the floor
But the weather broke at 10:14 without a single warning
And I am not just waiting anymore
Oh, here it comes!

Look at 'em fly, look at 'em fall
Eight parallel lines, and you can’t catch 'em all
The arrows are loose, the string has been snapped
The message is out and it isn't coming back
Oh, the sky is just heavy with timber and green
And the wind is pulling hard on the seams

No hands on the wood, nobody in sight
Just eight flying branches cutting the blue
Little live shoots catching the light
I wanted an answer, I'm getting the truth
I hit the button, I made the bet
And the trajectory is perfectly set
I wanted the momentum, right?
I wanted it to move!

So look at 'em fly, look at 'em fall
Eight parallel lines, and you can’t catch 'em all
The arrows are loose, the string has been snapped
The message is out and it isn't coming back
Oh, the sky is just heavy with timber and green
And the wind is pulling hard on the seams

My brain tries to map every point of descent
Parsing the math of a sudden event
It's too much data, it's too much speed
It's exactly the absolute chaos I need
The phone starts ringing, the letter drops in
There’s a whoosh in the air and a localized spin
You can't hit pause when gravity calls

Just look at 'em fly, look at 'em fall
Eight parallel lines, and you can’t catch 'em all
The arrows are loose, the string has been snapped
The message is out and it isn't coming back

They're an inch from the grass
They're an inch from the dirt
It's gonna be brilliant
It's probably gonna hurt
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