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Carved Box

from Distances by Court

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Carved box

She looked out of the window
Out of the iced garden
She looked down and down she went
For the time of her fall
A farewell to distance

...too late, too far

The stone bench
Where thoughts of delight used to fondle her
The high trees bare of their past colours
No pain with her
When she first rode the air

With Betty and Tess she climbed up the apple tree.....

When she was young
She foresaw all the world in her garden
In the trees in the snow
In the secrets of her carved box
The grumbling of the leaves
Can't heal anymore her spoiled life

The shape of the box appears lost
In the melting snow
Glittering hands
It's the time to unlock
Not to surrender to the fears anymore
Her childhood's hopes
Drowsed for too long
In the heavy silence of the garden

The fancy sun in the morning
Kissing her bed
The never-ending afternoons late in August
When her mother found her
Under shelter from the rain

She recalls the day, when she waited, for so long
In front of the path obscured by the wood

She moves fast through the places of her youth
Reality is bent by the strength of her memories
No place is safe from the past
And what she tried to ignore
Forces the defences of her mind
Faster she moves fast through the places of her youth
Searching for the long lost way out

The wall where she stopped
When the wind blew far her balloon
The wall where she coughed
For the dust risen behind
The wall where she stood
Confused by the screams
From the parted garden so wide and yet unknown
Called world, called world
Where she opens her box

Though many seasons have aged all her senses
Still her mind yearns for far new experiences
And the box is now closing
With her walk through the time
Kept safe inside

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from Distances, released October 6, 1997

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Court Varese, Italy

The Prog-Rock-Alternative band COURT started in 1990, four album and two singles (included in prog compilations) has been released. The music filters progressive, folk and ancient music, generating a new & original sound.
After intensive Tour in Europe and USA, the band was noticed by US promoters and in 2007 Court participated at the “Los Angeles Music Awards" winning as “Best Alternative Artist” ... more

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