Teacup Gorilla - The Garden Lyrics

Oh I in the garden
I wander
And every tree I passed
Was russet red leafed
Glowing like blood

Sam follows him along the path to his favorite spring where he undresses slowly
Distracted by the touch of field grass against bare thighs
Mating dragonflies hover-buzz low over the water
Their wings hit ripples in every direction
As Herman stands naked, adjusting himself with a thoughtless touch

When Herman squints, the clouds become a lion
Or a ship with sails that dip and become claws
Looking down he sees Sam reflected in the water

Oh I in the garden
I wander
And every tree I passed
Was russet red leafed
Glowing like blood

They sink below the surface
Sam's legs wrapped tight around his torso choking air from his lungs
Herman bites her neck and struggles to no avail
A trickle of blood air escapes his open mouth
She's laughing, gropes his bare chest, strokes his hair, eyes soft
The clear lake turns to mud with their kicking

Sam gasps for air and finds herself alone
Herman gasps for air and finds herself alone
They wipe the mud from their body

Oh I in the garden
I wander
And every tree I passed
Was russet red leafed
Glowing like blood

It's hard to say exactly what happens first

Sam has a fever, and Herman sits with her through the night
And by morning they become one - her bust, but him from the waist down
And they continue to use both names, but it takes some time to get the coordination down
He'll sit while she stands or the other way around
Eventually they figure it out, and we all get used to it
And it's nice because you can sit alone with one
But if you'd rather have the other beside you... there she is