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First track from the upcoming Album "The Wisdom of Simple Things"
lyrics
Along an ancient coastline, into a sheltered bay
My mother swam ashore to a gathering underway
It was a grand reunion, an annual soiree
Without the Tupperware or all-you-can-eat buffet
And as she left the water, to an expanse of sand
She saw a thousand sisters spread out along the strand
They had a larger mission, to advance our kind
To fulfil a promise antiquity designed
How do they expect me to survive?, it seems that I’ve been buried alive
A cool and dark high water mark, where I sleep both safe and dry
And for a hundred million years, our mothers filled the sea with their tears
The tide now high, they say goodbye, leaving us behind
Then came a day, no longer could I stay, an urge, a flight, to make it to the light
I ran, I fled as gulls flew overhead, we fly, we flee, at last we feel the sea
I know the pressured darkness, I’ve seen the fiery ring
I’ve faced my share of hardships like every living thing
I’ve seen the sunken cities, I’ve seen the ships of men
And swum the routes of my ancestors again and again
By way of constellations, in fluid gravity
The machinations in the sea of tranquility
I read the merging currents, the pull of magnetite
And given names to each and every point of light
From apogee to perigee, the moon over the Isle of Capri
The coral cay where Hemingway, wrote about the will to live
A majestic and dramatic scene, a planet bathed in aquamarine
A tiny land where Paul Gauguin, learned how to forgive
Then with the dawn, the coast where I was born, my course as planned, the clean secluded strand
My hope, my fear, the force that guides me here, we reunite, we’ll make it to the light
credits
released February 1, 2024
Peter Rand – Original Composition, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
Ramlee Oak – Lyrics, Vocals
David Stahl – Drums, Strings
Jim Bryan – Bass
Alex Fadista – Electric Guitar
Chris Matthews - Production
Chugging, organ-laden motorik-psych from Spanish group Melange with lockstep rhythms and kaleidoscopic vocal harmonies. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 13, 2017
