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1. |
Tableau (Sun)
00:59
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2. |
Sungazer
03:36
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Cold sun through the leaves as they resign
A northern siren drones across the tree line
I might be away some time
But eternal light
Will absolve the night
Inside
I'll leave the self-loathing
I'll weave my own clothing
I'll build a strong home
I'll live alone
Arctic heart, arctic tome
Arctic life, arctic home
I'll be without being
I'll see without seeing
I'll feed without feeding
I'll be a sungazer
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3. |
In Holy Abyss
09:03
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We left from the bay
Passing island tide-waves
Never thought we'd go astray
Breaching when it's clear
Far from all our old fears
Sure that we'd be safe out here
But the sea is wide
Lost each other inside
So focused on the rising tide
Go find what you have forgotten
In the line of the mirrored north
The whitest light reveals the most
Hidden below the ice and earth
Are rivers and mountains
Waiting for someone to make themselves known
What waits for us in endless light
Where all is clear and day will never end?
Just break the frozen lock and
You'll never see the dark again
We talked and planned and made our way
Sailing silent towards things we've never seen
But this ship was hastily made
Held together with tape and strands of baleen
One day I'll return
To the bay we both spurned
And tell you all the things I've learned
When that time has come
We'll lie in the warm sun
And melt the ice on both our tongues
Go find what you have forgotten
In the deep of the great abyss
The darkest night conceals the most
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4. |
Salt Calms
05:41
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Watch the clouds break and reform
Looping inwards, eternal fog
Time in contrast, present and past
Glaciers and classrooms
There's an ocean in the silence
In between the words
When salt calms the sky
It's filled with all the boulders
That you won't leave out to dry
There’s a glow through your window
Hang the sky low in the grey light
You know this is my favorite world
Snow will hold for a moment
Dust that’s thrown off its ashen coat
Time will collapse, present in past
Oceans in playgrounds
But the stillness of the Grey
Was never meant to hold you
Under with a sigh
So lie down on the shoreline
And rest in November light
When the cold starts to freeze my limbs
Just keep in mind that I’ve always been
A step behind
So don’t bother to wait
Will you keep moving straight ahead?
And I’d rather feel cold than fear
Inside the ice everything is clear
So leave me here
So just keep moving straight ahead
Hibernal solstice,
Summon a new tableau
Frozen in silence,
Suspended above the snow
Hibernal solstice,
Signal the sleep below
Hold me in silence,
Suspended above the snow
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5. |
Wide Earth Choir
07:49
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Cut the rope from the mooring
Loose the sails, keep your bearing
Carried out by the warm wind,
Worn as cloaks over our skin
We’ll use the sun to carve a path
From golden sand through crystal land
I know that this is futile
The ice holds nothing useful
It’s become a fixation;
A place for resignation
If I don’t survive, at least I’ll die
For something worth finding
There are things I'll see but never mention
I have too much doubt to seek attention
Spend two years at sea to find a place where
I can feel in control and lay my mind bare
Don’t depend on the ice blink
To guide you when the light sinks
Listen close for the tolling
Of the bell rung by frozen swells
I know there are those who hope
To be lionized and idolized
But there’s no way to know
If you’ll be remembered as Barrow
“Sea and Salt and Earth, who dost show
Thy splendor in the ice and snow,
Bless those who live in waning light
And through the cold of arctic night,
As they Thy frozen wonders learn;
Bless those who wait for their return.
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the Sea.”
Phantom suns, arranged
Their halos slip away
From us
All at once, revealed
A lunar landscape left
For us
As the light retreats
Things dimly shadow forth
Towards us
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6. |
Tableau (Ice)
00:59
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7. |
Iceworm
02:15
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Cold moon over me
Swallowed by the black sea
As all the things I once knew
Are devoured by the waves
There’s no eternal light here
Only the groaning of ice
Masking the absence of life
I'll never be alone again
Live with the ice worms and spend
All my days down here beneath the ice
Only to return to earth at night
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8. |
Silna
06:44
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Stumble through snow at dusk
Weighed down by claws and tusks
The bounty received
From within other husks
Cull the light, tear the sinew
Honor every part of
The gift you gave to me
My prey
I can see it
I can feel it
I can take away life
We hunt and we gather
But what does it matter?
Just passing the time
While we watch it all scatter
Feel the cold wind pick us up
And blow us away
From what you gave to me
My friend
I can’t see it
I don't need it
I can’t take away night
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All of our blessing, fallen from the sky
We’ll leave our lives
Tracks in the snowbank, black and silent eyes
We’ll leave our lives behind
Now the darkness has come
It’s done
So go, now that darkness has come
We run, we run, we run
Ancient inua, violent and alone
We left our lives
Patiently waiting, death is all it knows
We left our lives behind
It’s the end of the sun
So run
You know, it’s the end of the sun
So run, we run, we run
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9. |
Polar Hymn
05:56
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The way is barred
By towering guards
Born long before me
Out of the great sea
I hear them groan:
"Why do you cling to wonder
When you are given such short time?”
“Why do you sing for answers
To things beyond your own life?"
There's an ancient, ageless feeling
For a deeper kind of meaning
They say that all returns to ice
The end of life in frozen light
I know the cold will never die
But I will
We all will yearn for answers
And cry out in despaired tune
All sound returns to silence
It's just a question of how soon
The cold release of winter
Reminds us that we are all small
So find some peace in knowing
If we're all nothing then nothing's all
I stand before the frozen wall
I raise my voice above the squall
I hold my ground despite the cold
I'll find the answers that it holds
If I can't find the truth in thaw
I'll pry it from the glacier's jaw
Why won't you answer?
Why can't I know?
Icy and spectral
The ghost of my echo
Returns to me alone
Then leaves for other worlds
This is my polar hymn
Carried on solar wind
Left to galaxy's whim
Never heard from again
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10. |
Kodiak Rising
07:19
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So if you believe
That cold hearts can sing
Then watch for the leaves
Just hold out till spring
And I do believe
That if lives could sing
They'd sing of the light
That warm hearts can bring
So hide in the brine
Of Tundra Divine
But I still believe
That one day you'll see
You'll have to accept
That everyone leaves
And if that's not fair
The earth will repair
Shake those old bones
Wake from cold tones
You are not gone yet
Lift your head
Don't forget
You are not gone yet
I regret, I never say enough
I admit, I never say enough
I can see now I'm not meant for the ice
I was born to the spring, a child of light
My frozen limbs warm to dawn's slow heat
The sun is waiting beyond that peak
The muscles are stiff, my pupils dilate
A steep hill to climb, but I'll carry that weight
A breeze brings a voice to heal and restore
I'll greet you in light on Kodiak shore
"Come and find me after the storm"
"I'll be waiting"
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11. |
Unearth the Sun
04:39
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The light in waves
The flow of streams
A figure on shore
Points towards the sea
I raise my gaze
I always knew
You brought the sun
Just like you always do
I know it's time
For you to leave
The price of light:
The loss of dreams
But I'll be fine
I'll acclimate
Ice loses shape
Cold dissipates
You brought the sun
Just like you always do
You found the sun
Just like you always do
Flood the light
Tear and rend
Flood the light
Enter, end
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Seismograph Portland, Oregon
Making noise in the corner.
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