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Farewell
04:16
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and so it ends
a spiral down a stream
night is calm
love is gone
suddenly
trees begin to sway
i close my eyes
and remember the waves in your hair
i wonder why
it was i who said
farewell
verily
love is but a dream
and so farewell
to those golden days in your arms
as the wind whipped around us
till we lost our umbrella to the sea
and so it ends
with two aching hearts
our melody
incomplete
incomplete
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Strange Wind
02:44
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a strange wind through this town
a strange wind through this town
a strange wind
a strange wind through this town
and when the bough breaks
and falls to the street
the distant lightning of Immanuel
speaks silent prayers
before the thunder calls us on
towards the throne of night
a strange wind through this town
a strange wind through this town
a strange wind
a strange wind through this town
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3. |
Wasp Nest
03:30
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it’s getting late
we’d better go
you can share my sleeve
put your arm in my coat
we walked past your house
so we could talk
don’t me make laugh so loud
you’ll wake up the dog
it’s like the love you felt in high school
the weight on your chest
it isn’t real until it hurts you
just like the songs always said
the water’s filled with slime
littered with tires
i dare you to swim
i’m not going in
someone knocked the wasp nest out of the tree
i tried to call for help but i could hardly breath
its just the same as love
it hurt just the same as love
i can’t hear you
please wake up
please wake up
i can’t leave you here
it’s like the pain you felt in high school
the weight on you chest
it isn’t love until it hurts you
just like the songs always said
it’s like the pain you felt in high school
the weight on your chest
it isn’t love until it hurts you
just like the songs always said
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4. |
Fox of Nine Tails
02:45
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i saw the fox of nine tails
up in the city where the ghost of the emperor dwells
soft fearsome eyes
swam deep into mine
i saw the fox of nine tails
scatter the seeds in the fields back home
spring turns to summer as i watch her go
we lost the war
many years before
i lost the fox of nine tails
songs have meaning again
crying in the shower again
i’ve been sick
maybe that’s why
maybe that’s why
i saw the fox of nine tails
still in the warmth of the water asleep where she fell
and as we part
my hands and my heart
held by the fox of nine tails
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5. |
White Ribbon
02:17
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Come to Me
02:44
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come to me tonight in darkness
come to me my evening star
listen to the symphony of twilight
come to me as you are
come to me tonight and touch me
come to me and speak thy name
i know you can never truly love me
come to me just the same
come to me tonight corporeal
stay with me until the end
i can hear the host of madding whispers
come to me in life again
stay within my dreams unbounded
cover me in sheets of white
the devil says he cannot not send an angel
come to me and prove him right
come to me tonight and take me
take my word and take my breath
consume me with desire immemorial
come to me just once…
…possess me…
CONSUMMATE THIS STAR-CROSSED VISION
COME TO ME AND BEAR YOUR SOUL
FOLLOW ME AND I WILL SERVE YOU
SUBMIT TO ME AND SEIZE CONTROL
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7. |
Again to Paradise
03:00
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i touch down
thrown to the floor
for that foul thing
hath betrayed me to
a worthless lord
heaven will open up its arms to thee
could we be stumbling down those old parisian stones
with soft florets entwined again
in Dionysus’s vine
too much in love to say…
we helm our brig
into the drink
naught but wasted flesh
and blood that sinks
i can feel your anger close to mine
my love
why’re you always popping my balloons?
my love
you know we’re mature enough to know to say goodbye
but stay
stay
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To Enchanted Places
01:10
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she pressed my hand
softly held her cheek
against mine
i kissed her lips
breathing through her lungs
and her through mine
we found ourselves
dancing in the air-conditioners blue light
let us soar
six feet o'er the earth
once upon a time
to enchanted places
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Caves
01:51
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powder snow drifts
like down cascading
to rest upon the pines
“and when i die”
we’ll play your songs again
through which light shines
and now the coals are cold, i know
wherever we go
the scent of the ashes
sprawled out
on the floor of your mom’s house
in the mountains at midnight
so why not believe
in souls for a while?
down cascading
in caves
breath in
to learn
the words
of birds
down cascading
formed like swirling mist
in a golden pink sunrise
that never left me
in caves
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10. |
Those Wild Days
03:58
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i fell in love for the first time
when i fell in love with you
the way that you scrunch your nose
your countenance in repose
fashioning new constellations
light only shines to reveal you
the moment you smiled I knew
impossible fairytales sometimes come true
if somehow there’s someone like you
why do i feel like i’m falling
with each passing thought of you
in love with the heart of you
every part of you
pulls me down deeper in love
from those wild days ever after
i’m still captivated by you
though you may not love me the same way
i just go on dreaming you do
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11. |
Rondo Da Soggiorno
03:33
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12. |
Isn't It Love
05:38
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heather and hyacinth
fade with the seasons
dreams are ephemeral
is that not the reason
i love you, i love you, i love you
i love you
doves form from butterflies
stars fall like embers
for love i spill blood
to love i surrender
i love you, i love you, i love you
i love you
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
it swells like an inlet
ebbs like the tide
we veiled our tears
and with only a sigh said
i love you, i love you, i love you
i love you
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
isn’t it love?
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and suddenly my reverie returns...
to that little house in my dreams
where the sunlight dances through the dogwood trees
there is ivy on the wall
And maple seeds that fall
on that little house in my dreams
oh that little house in my dreams
I’ll strike up the fire while you whip up the cream
its lovely to be safe and warm
when it snows so much
we can’t open up the door
we’ll contemplate the birds and bees
And give our cat a bath
And we can carry groc-er-ies
Down the garden path
to that little house in our dreams
where someday together we will be
with little onions growing wild
and a funny little child
in that little house in our dreams
oh I know its only a dream
but its not as unlikely as it seems
they’ll be roses blooming there
and a happiness we share
in that little house in our dreams
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Patrick McHale Concord, Massachusetts
Patrick McHale sometimes makes music.
Patrick McHale recommends:
Bags (Soundtrack)
by Andrew Dorsett & Eli Moore
This is a soundtrack for a book I wrote. The music was composed and recorded by Andrew Dorsett and Eli Moore, from the band LAKE! They are amazing, and this soundtrack is really beautiful.
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A History of Public Relations Dilemmae
by The Blasting Company
The Blasting Company did the music for Over the Garden Wall and they've pretty much become my favorite band.
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Plantopia
by Kaufman & Silverman
Music for growing
go to albumIf you like Those Wild Days, you may also like:
For Hire
by The Blasting Company
supported by 27 fans who also own “Those Wild Days”
Another treat from Blasting Company!
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Sketches of the Unknown
by The Blasting Company
supported by 23 fans who also own “Those Wild Days”
The title is accurate; this is a collection of preliminary songs for Over the Garden Wall. In its short run time, it has peaceful instrumentals, tinted with a hint of melancholy, a few upbeat and humorous songs, and one that's genuinely pretty menacing. It's fun to listen to this album and picture how it expands the world of Over the Garden Wall. Imagine the uses of these songs, either in the episodes that we have or those never made. Great album.
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Dream Explorer
by Gileah Taylor
The first single from the forthcoming full-length from Gileah Taylor is a hushed, lovely folk number with a quietly moving melody.
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