1. |
A Prayer for Your Path
05:38
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[instrumental]
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2. |
May You Be Held
19:52
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What is to come
and what will be left?
After fires
are swallowed by the floods
Will you
offer balm to the wounded?
Shelter
to those cast from their homes?
Gather together
all those who remain
Shepherd hordes
through fields of dust and bones
In this place
bereft of light
Diamond waters
to blackened tar have turned
And now
through cracking lips are they cursed
as they slake
the thirst of none
Hands that once
cradled and caressed
Peel flesh from the bodies of children
bathed in rubble
Now
A prayer to you
as this has yet to pass:
“May the sun shine
through your hair
May the light dance
in your eyes”
“May your limbs move
through gleaming waves
Your body rest upon the earth
to embrace, part, return
May you be held
in shadow
And in light”
“In laughter
and in silence
May you walk gently
on this path
Borne by courage
and by kindness”
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3. |
The Iron Chair
08:16
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A black chair
in an empty iron room
Air cold and brittle
No one left
Bodies hauled away
Vomit and ash
spilled across the floor
Soon too
will the light drain
from empty sockets
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4. |
Consumed
16:58
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No love within
Take love from him
He who cannot speak
He who has no tongue
So small
So tired
Crawling in circles
Safe in shadow
He’s covered, fed
and sick
Behind a song
that hangs like smoke
sweet and choking
A black radiant hum
that drives him
on and on and on
Pursued
Hot breath on neck
Watched by bloody eyes
unblinking
Pursued
Watched
Held close
Consumed
That sacred thing
made of salt and blood
And skin
Ripped from tender darkness
Left to dry
in the midday sun
Dancing
on the burning winds
His howling husk
dreams of rain
Now up from the pit
to walk the soaking soil
His eyes lift
to behold the stars
Each breath a hymn
to a world reborn
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5. |
Laughter and Silence
09:00
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[instrumental]
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SUMAC
SUMAC is the powerhouse trio of Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom,Mamiffer), Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists), and Brian Cook (Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes). SUMAC invests in the recursive exercises of chaos and control, and the results are a testament to the tour-honed collective intuition and technical skills of these veteran players. ... more
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