Black Garden (2673 Dundee Pl.) Lyrics - The Ambassador - Gabriel Kahane

In this black garden 

Of this carrion light, 

There is a suspension 

Of motion and stillness 

That hollows the night. 

In this black garden 

Of heartbreak and wonder, 

The banks are all ablaze, 

Self-satisfied 

As they plunder. 

I am alone on this hill; 

These vistas are certain. 

I may be frightened by the sounds 

Of history crying as it drowns, 

But I will pull back the curtain. 

In this black garden 

I once called the selfish city, 

I try to calculate the anguish 

And the anger and all the aspirations 

Of the millions who have lived here 

And will live in desperation, 

Who are careful and are careless - 

Whom I have cheated - 

Who thought the swindle that I offered 

Was a salve...