By the Willow Tree

from Surgery by Machinery of the Human Heart

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I woke up in a time machine
A dream constructed in a dream
All clocks and dials on the walls
And your voice was ringing through the halls

And I stepped out, stood there like a ghost
As I watched my life with you unfold
Since you’re the one I love the most
Nothing I saw will go untold

And by the time that you kiss me by the willow tree
I’ll be more in love with you than you are with me
By the first snow of the season, we will fall apart
And if I die, I’ll die of a broken heart

Oh
And I tried to hold your hand one day
Somehow, your fingers slipped away
And tension like a swinging gate
Swung on its hinges, sealed our fate


There’s nothing I can do to stop it now
Just hope we find some way, somehow
To pull the pieces back together
Tie the strings all worn and weathered


And by the time that you kiss me by the willow tree
I’ll be more in love with you than you are with me
By the first snow of the season, we will fall apart
And if I die, I’ll die of a broken heart

Oh
And your words came out so mean and cold
So doubtful and so cynical
But underneath the way you speak
I found a harsh reality

You lost your faith in me and you
And all the things we planned to do
And how could love just drift away
Why can’t we find another way

And by the time that you kiss me by the willow tree
I’ll be more in love with you than you are with me
By the first snow of the season we will fall apart
And if I die I’ll die of a broken heart
Ooh,
Ooh

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from Surgery, released December 5, 2022

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Machinery of the Human Heart New Jersey

Machinery of the Human Heart is the theater-pop child of Marvin Allister - trans and queer singer, writer, and pianist. The project is currently rooted in New Jersey, where Marvin hides in a dark purple room and writes the next MOTHH album.

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