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Walha

by Butterbones

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Tyler Jack Butler Another great album from the most buttery of bones. Favorite track: Thetis Lake.
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1.
Thetis Lake 04:07
These hands crept over my old aching shoulders And I felt the cold of ruin touch my face This wind has caused my neck to bow in sickness Thetis grant me passage to your resting place I held a stone before you as the winds of discord Tore this wall down and I felt the curse Please allow my spirit to escape these Furies And I will not beg you to make this reversed I hurled the stone into your secret lake As I stumbled to the shoreline, bent with age I pray you'll soon absolve my ailing name
2.
Gaul 06:04
I feel my fingers dissolve In the cold of february But I held hope in my heart When we walked the earth with our bodies In the fall I cast off the slumberous cloak I bore when I crossed the prairies The fates rush rush rushed to my side Crying "No, this burden's yours to carry." "For awhile." Atropos, why have you come At such an hour as this? War is ever in my heart And my heart pines for the west This beach was calm Its pull was strong My heart was broken By the light of dawn O exodus I won't depart I can't recall the names Of those who've gone To distant horns And fates unbowed Say a prayer that I'll never be found
3.
Walha 00:57
(instrumental)
4.
Bucephalus, you swing your head Away from me, you cast your eyes towards the sea I laid these stones down by the path That I never tread I never tread But I pray they'll lead you back home I ask of you "Is the war over? For I saw your heart down by the water." Bucephalus, you swing your fist At our dimming past, our great divide I watch the rift expand I wish for you to guide me down From this broken ledge. these vestiges By your unswerving hand Are you listening my friend? I shall not cascade to madness this night I fear you won't return, but I will not call or write I shall not cascade to madness this night Don't fear your shadow, I'm your shadow in the morning light
5.
Darkness rests upon the evening sand As I return to this place I searched for evidence that we were ever here But the ocean swept our paths away The old beach displays its wrath Pulling specters from its bank I saw two men drown underneath the waves We saw a fire rise beyond the stairs And something called my name that night It's pull was more than I could ever bear And its light led me right off the path right off the path It led me to a reservoir of ancient trees So I formed a cross from rotting wood to comfort me I spoke its name into the void Reverberating through the sand I've felt its presence rise at the seasons end

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WALHA - The first Victorian Butterbones project, and my first Butterbones album in about one and a half years! The songs are longer, more expansive, and more epic this time around, with the help of friend choirs, spending solitary evenins at the piano, and LOTR eying, car dyin times. The songs are about beach spirits, lakes, the ocean, water and stuff, lethargy, aching bodies, memory, myths, real lives, war, visions, and delusions. The title is an ancient word essentially meaning "foreigner", or "stranger". Release date MAY 21st, 2013!

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Jordan

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released May 21, 2013

Additional friend sounds:

Derek Janzen - vocals on Thetis Lake
Courtney Loberg - vocals on Gaul, and The Heart of Balmacarra
Bret Enemark - vocals on The Wars of Alexander

Thanks to Nathan Welle for the use of his parents old piano on all songs, and thanks to his family for being so nice and quiet while I recorded.

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