As through a glass darkly you seek yourself,
But the light grows weak while under Yggsdrasil.
A basket of eggs may you count your days.
Though your gut lies filled, only shells remain.

I can tell you've been drinking by the scent of your breath.
Another little sip, a bit deeper in debt.
You can rest your head in your wrinkled hands.
But when you awake, you're in another land.

In fields of green rolling on endlessly
You find a fallen nest where there is no tree.
Mark the brown furred hound tied to the mandrake root.
Dare you carve a face in that virtue food?

I can tell what you're thinking. I see it everyday.
I'll help you with your coat, see you on your way.
Sure you want to go walking on a night like this?
Look, there goes another one now. One day I swear they will not miss.

As through a glass darkly you seek yourself,
But the light grows weak while under Yggsdrasil.
A basket of eggs may you count your days.
Though your gut lies filled, only shells remain.


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Basket of Eggs Lyrics as written by Jean-paul Gaster Dan Maines

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    Oh! Some detail about the dog just dawned on me!

    There's a myth that says the mandrake root emits a scream when it's uprooted that kills anything within earshot. In order to harvest the root without dying, people would dig around the root to loosen it up, then tie a dog to it. The person would run for safety and the dog would follow. When the dog got to the end of the rope, the mandrake would be uprooted and the dog would die, but not the person.

    The brown furred hound that you are meant to mark is likely dead after having uprooted Yggdrasil and breaking its spell over the narrator.

    LucesDarknesson June 18, 2011   Link

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