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Faebles

by Kris Ellestad

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1.
The Call 03:46
In the weight of evening In the void I'm alone I alone can hear the voice A familiar face, a shadow Calling from the water's edge "Step into the river Come around the bend" Through this black night we're moving Through sorrow To meet the edge Blue and horrible Will I awake Can I speak To reach release And let me be
2.
Come now, come child Come away to our shelter here down below What drew you near Was an echo of something cried long ago Who'll carry me from injury Whoever can it be Hold on to our arms Clutching the cloak of false alarm Lay by the fire And we'll tell you a tale told through augury What you desire Is a vision of grace and of destiny The journey is long And you'll carry your song through both high and low But over yonder Is just in the corner and you should go Who, tell me who I'm bound to be You who know what is to come Pull now from our thread Weave the sheets for your own bed
3.
Hold on, that's enough I'll live for the moment Can't breathe in the rough Take me where the air is high I sat on the ground Lay down like a dead man Gave up, that was that So long to the roving eye Wake up, leave your light on Don't speak til the day dawn Get up, get dressed Underwhelmed, under duress And after this After that After all the aftermath It's a long letter day Hear sounds all around See eyes red and yellow Cold wind through the trees Lift me to the open sky Turn my heart around Help me build a fire Blow smoke through my ears Come hide here beneath the clouds Got food, I can't eat it Got love, I don't need it Passed out, past my prime First to fail, last in line And after this After that After all the aftermath It's a long letter day
4.
Peacemaker 04:42
Slow down Wait it out Come tomorrow, I will borrow I will borrow, come tomorrow And he believed Faith unhallowed laid him fallow And who relates at all? And the peacemaking eye Looking at me through all of it Underneath the light In the aquarium Swimming in circles All through the night Come tomorrow, I will rise again And the peacemaking eye Looking at you and everyone We know that it isn't right In the gymnasium Running in circles For the rest of our lives
5.
Letdown 04:00
I've got a feeling that I'm not enough There is a ceiling and you are above I've been away for a long, long time or so it seems And now I'm begging to get back in Don't leave me Complete me Believe me I'll never let you down I'm broken Soft spoken I know that I'm gonna let you down It's not over Come closer When I'm older I'll never let you down If we're done You should run While you're still young I'm gonna let you down Holding on to a daydream How long has it been Another moment has moved to the past Our little story secret and vast I took the trouble of pushing it down But now it's bubbling up again Don't leave me Complete me Believe me I'll never let you down I'm broken Soft spoken I know that I'm gonna let you down It's not over Come closer When I'm older I'll never let you down If we're done You should run While you're still young I'm gonna let you down
6.
The Fool 01:25
7.
Hangman says the road's washed out Can't turn back without a doubt Even if the way was clear as water The rope is tied and god is late Silent still for the last words How did I spiral downwards As my sun begins to set The beast demands I pay my debt But the moon will bring a great reflection Mirror mind, protect my fate Holding on til the last turn What is it that I won't learn Heed the wrathful bells We'll arrest ourselves On the carousel To the depths of hell
8.
Pride and jewel On the open sea she sails You're a funny fool In the belly of a whale Dead and gone Or hanging on If you're here It won't be long Breathe and breed Clothe and feed Is all that I can do now Indeed Right and true Will I ever reach my home How do you do I long to leave this ship of bone Common ground To be found Lies below Without a sound Destiny Come to me There's nothing I won't do To be believed At last released We are born violent Called to wreck, sent away From the womb torn and rent Brought down in full bloom Siren call, speak my name Draw me to your stone On a wave white and tame Silent we fall in full bloom
9.
Endless Joy 03:53
Who leads a life of endless, prevailing joy Who deals in dead relics and broken toys All I need's a way to end this forsaken tale Could it be the path's a winding, repeating trail You who bleed and call it wine live beneath the veil Of a sun cold and pale Don't mind me on the other side Don't mind me on my own, she cried All this time we ate the world and it ate us But it never could relieve what the hunger was When we leave celestial bodies will shake the dust From its sleep
10.
We'll go whirling, tilting, twirling Flying through the air Over land and sea and cloud We're off without a care So we do the dance of death Giving our last goodbye Carried with the final breath Lifting us to the sky Holy day or holy night No matter where or when As the music starts to play His hand will draw you in So we do the dance of death Ever and on we turn Nevermore the call to rest Sleepless is our return Seasons come and seasons go And time it touches all Though the hour is not for certain Each of us must fall So we do the dance of death Laughing along the way As the needle pulls the thread So will we never stray So we do the dance of death Life it is but a song Learn the tune, proclaim the news Sing it until you're gone

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released August 25, 2015

Colin Stange - Drums, Moral support
Clea Anaïs - Cello (2, 6)
Foon Yap - Violin (1, 2, 6)
Jennifer Crighton - Harp (3)
Jonathon Wilcke - Saxophone (3)
Peter Hemminger - Bass Guitar (3)
Kris Ellestad - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Piano, Reed Organ, Kazoo, Nose flute, Tin whistle, Mandolin, Accordion

Recorded by Kris at Hexagon Studio and by Patrick Palardy at Public Lunch Studios.

Cover art by Kiarra Albina.

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b.1984

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