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Eden (Part One)
01:37
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On a dried out, empty street of asphalt and past violence, a vine from ancient seed interrupts the piercing silence. As it slides up and splits the surface of the road, the scraping shoots out harmonies more complete with every note. And the broken pieces of the street get wrapped in viney hands and stacked beside the ocean in the shape of a brass band. Old people and young children laugh as sounds emerge. The lion and the lamb sleep soundly on the earth. Crickets and dung beetles spread a quilt out near the band who once were made of black stone and now move like free men.
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War is Over
03:36
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I know you will not stop until you see us drop,
till you see us go up in flames like dying stars.
I know your only thought is how to win back what you lost,
cover eyes with frost and fill our brains with poison.
World war is over now.
Through smoke I see the solid ground.
All those who have ears to hear still feel alone and draw near
to warm breath and messages traced on cold mirrors.
Too late, the seed escaped from the rock, the bird, the hate.
And all things that truly start will someday finish.
World war is over now.
Through smoke I see the solid ground.
The time will come for silence to be found. The crippling walls, once mighty, crumble down. The wonder of the world no longer drowned, blessing is the mourning stranger’s crown.
World war is over now. Through smoke I see the solid ground.
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How Long
04:24
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How long, O my God, how long until I see you?
My bones ache. You know my heart's awake so how long until I see you?
She saw a rose and it won’t let her go.
They ask me: Where have you been and where are you going?
I build cathedrals in the hearts of the people that I know.
How long, O my God, how long until I see you?
My bones ache. You know my hearts awake so how long until I see you?
I’m waiting for Mount Zion.
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Four Sisters, Pt. 3
04:16
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When they are brought low
When they are diminished
Through oppression and sorrow
He pours contempt on princes
And makes them wander
In trackless wastes
He raises the needy
Out of affliction
The upright
See it and are glad
All wickedness
Shuts its mouth
Whoever is wise
Let him attend to these things
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Odell
03:12
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I bathe in light and watch the steam whispering
perfect milky porcelain
It is not me,
my pressed down soul
Henri, Henri,
through you I see
A mother's love, no room for me
I gave my sons all that I had
One flew on home, life's bitter seed
The other broke, never a man
He paints me now,
my pressed down soul
Henri, Henri,
through you I see
A mother's love, no room for me
He paints the gleam of china fine,
the hue of day a sharp white wine
Green lungs that breathe outside my door,
my pressed down soul
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Olivia
04:17
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Woman and a man
Lean against the wind
Fist in pocket, hand in hand
Utilitarian grip
Backs weighed down, heavy laden
Saturday breakfast sitting inside them
Off they go to win the day
Hoods and special shoes, stronger than the rain
Olivia
Here we are
I want to have a good time with you
O spread a smile
Across your face
I want to have a good time with you
Woman and a man
Squeeze an orange into a bowl
Slotted spoon in hand to pull
Hazy August day
Don't let it sink away
Open windows, shrill cicadas
Like grinding metal heat radiators
Sunlight tracing shapes on the wall
Get your body in the water before it turns fall
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Rolling and Rolling
04:12
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Riding my bike
Pushing as hard as I can
Blowing off steam
And energy I don't understand
My friend Charles has an older brother
They live down the street
He slipped us a magazine
I felt big but I looked through squinted eyes
My mom found us on the trampoline
Growing up is like gravity
A steady erosion
I wasn't ready
The waves in the ocean
They're rolling and rolling
Rolling and rolling
Five hundred miles
To the right of the Outer Banks
A volcano gave birth
To beaches of the softest sand
Perched in caves looking at water
The color of jewels
I held my breath and beauty too
Who would hold these things
As close as I do
A box full of fuses
Growing up is like gravity
A steady erosion
I wasn't ready
The waves in the ocean
They're rolling and rolling
Rolling and rolling
I'm hitching a ride
On the back of a ferris wheel
Take me to my manhood
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Year One (2012 demo)
02:32
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On the day that we got married
Rain fell like smoke
The air was cold and heavy
We barely spoke
Now every night we’re singing
But sometimes I’m too loud
Your voice is filled with glory
I watch it bloom
I used to sing as loud as I could
Now I make room
Early in the morning
And late at night
If we remember which is dark
And which is light
When we stop staring at our hands in shame
We behold
That which makes us free
I’ve got a lover like a mirror and it shows
She’s not a lily or a swan and what she plants grows
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Lowland Hum Charlottesville, Virginia
Lowland Hum is a modern folk band based in Charlottesville, Virginia, made up of Daniel and Lauren Goans. The band’s songs have been described as poetic and evocative, and their arrangements distilled and dynamic. Lowland Hum’s performance style is a seamless blend of vulnerability and comedy, paving the way for moments of intimate connection and levity alike. ... more
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