Javelin Unlanding is a song by Bill Callahan, one of the great unsung poet heroes of our time. Lyrics posted at the bottom, versions of the painting posted from bottom to top.
Don't die just yet and leave me
Alone, alone, alone
On this journey round the sun
You looked like worldwide Armageddon while you slept
You looked so peaceful, you scare me
Don't die just yet and leave me
Alone, alone, alone
On this journey round the sun
And oh javelin, oh javelin unlanding
And oh javelin, oh javelin unlanding
Sometimes it's hard to know when to call it an evening
See as much as we can stand, stand 'til we stagger
Laying all twisted together and exposed like roots on a riverbank
Bam bam bam! The earth off its axis
The first draft's in ashes and smeared on our faces
Oh javelin, oh javelin unlanding
Oh javelin, oh javelin unlanding
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