“The Marvelous Orange Tree” concludes Lonely People with Power with a silent, painful gesture. In poetic images between Californian landscape and inner emptiness, the song describes the gradual sinking into a deeper illness – one that is not cured, but supported. It is the last chapter of an album t...
In the checkered orchard, I came alive
Under the blue valley
With a head full of midnight
I escape between the rows of trees
Down the ravine
In the majesty of the San Joaquin
Lonesomely wandering
Cold in the checkered orchard, I came alive
Under the blue valley
With a head full of midnight
Idiot's blood drops like a dagger
Pink tears flow
As I sink into the After
Leaving the day to close
My body spills into a secret well
God gave me the wish
For religious stillness
Showing shivering skin
Living with this illness
Showing shivering skin
With you, my endless illness
With my endless illness
Walking into blackness
With my endless illness
Walking into blackness
With my endless illness
Walking into blackness
With my endless illness
Walking into blackness
The Marvelous Orange Tree was written by Daniel Tracy & George Clarke & Kerry McCoy & Shiv Mehra & Christopher Paul Johnson.
The Marvelous Orange Tree was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
Deafheaven released The Marvelous Orange Tree on Fri Mar 28 2025.