Bombina, Bombina!! Songtext
von Object Unto Earth

Phantom limb
I cast spell but you don′t grow
I'm haunted by your shape and form

Amphibian
There′s a cost to living low
Yeah you pay and you pray and you pay
But you don't get more

Oblivion
You came a little bit too close
Now you're here i′ve been struck by a fear
That I can′t outrun, outgrow, or face alone

Phantom limb
I cast spell but you don't grow
I′m haunted but i still can't mourn

Amphibian
There′s a cost to living low
Yeah you pay and you pray and pay but ya' don′t get more


Oblivion
Yeah you came a little bit too close
Now you're here I've been struck by a fear
That I can′t outrun, outgrow, or face alone

Of all the moons
And orbits I could choose
I′m fine to set 'em all aside
I needn′t space or time from earth or you

As gardens loom
They burn and then they bloom
And once I had often wished to die!
Set down and set aside
I heed the space and time
I felt a crush, a drive, and i made it through

You're clear
You last another day
So wise with every word and all the wonders that you claimed

So seethe
Like it′s the only way
Some warming to the soul but leaves a burn mark in its place


You can work it out before it's too late
You are so much more than the flies that you ate
You can burn it all, cast the lilies to the blaze
Breathe in all the smoke and mumble through the haze

You could seek to own every stringed thing
A lute for every lizard where the salamanders sing
For I see in you a pollywog stronger than an ox
Right into the action if not strangled by your thoughts

Missing every bliss and blunder of living as a toad
No pleasures from the mud, only politics and prose
If you′d look into the murk of the beauty of the shore
Of the creek where you harvest, son, you needn't anymore

Take a little nap near the water where it sinks
You can blend in with the background while the predators drink
A mosquito on your back but a tongue that you can twist
There's a million other bugs, it′s okay if you miss

Of all the moons, and orbits I could choose
I′m fine to set 'em all aside
I needn′t space or time from earth or you

The gardens loom
They burn and then they bloom
And once I had often wished to die!
Set down and set aside
I heed the space and time
I felt a crush, a drive, and i made it through