Bruce Cockburn - Beautiful Creatures Lyrics






There's a knot in my gut
As I gaze out today
On the planes of the city
All polychrome grey
When the skin is peeled of it
What is there to say?
The beautiful creatures are going away

Like a dam on a river
My conscience is pressed
By the weight of hard feelings
Piled up in my breast
The callous and vicious things

Humans display
The beautiful creatures are going away

Why? Why?

From the stones of the fortress
To the shapes in the air
To the ache in the spirit
We label despair
We create what destroys
Bind ourselves to betray
The beautiful creatures are going away





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  1. P.... K....

    Beautiful, haunting collaboration!

  2. n.... ....

    Thanks for this video to accompany this great song! Has Bruce seen it? I'm sure he'd love it!

  3. l.... e....

    Bruce is my Number One favorite musician/artist on the planet. I even sent through a rodie, a small painting when he played at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. I doubt he ever got it though... I'm just wanted him to know how special he is.

  4. T.... ....

    This guy picks many thoughtful and  difficult subjects.  So moving a song.  Simply done, lyric wise, but makes the point.

  5. B.... B....

    such pain in hollow chest - howling, wailing, grief... thank you for your amazing art with this beautiful poetry by Bruce Cockburn - in the darkness of our time. He sings it perfectly - like we feel it. Like They feel it - the beautiful creatures going away.

    B.... B....

    Reading this gave me chills. So true, so felt, and cutting to the bone.

  6. P.... J....

    Love the beautiful art, beautiful song, too! Powerful song!

  7. A.... P....

    Gorgeous, heartfelt presentation. Thank you.

  8. k.... ....

    your paintings are almost as beautiful as the actual creatures..thank you so much.

  9. R.... E....

    BEAUTIFUL, Peter...
    Your artwork is awe-inspiring.
    Everybody should see this video...

  10. D.... A....

    bloody hell, Peter...and Bruce...makes me cry every time I watch this. I know it is so true. And Peter, your sensitive and beautiful paintings evoke the true grief of the situation...oh, my poor animals...

  11. D.... A....

    I think everyone should buy some Peter Gullerud art :) that way you can look at it while you listen to your Bruce Cockburn albums :) I did, and it is as lovely to the eyes as Cockburn is to the ears.....Peter, you are an awesome artist :) thanks for making these videos. Lisette

  12. L.... H....

    Just the Facts!

  13. M.... T....

    Thank you, very beautiful and engagingly edited.