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The Gyre

by Avifauna

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1.
Centrifugal Autumn 05:06
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A mistral wind is blowing Spiral to an end Centrifugal autumn Silence will descend Her soul to shed The nights are growing longer So rest your weary head Said mother to her daughter As she laid her down to bed Her soul to shed Here we go Here we go We go Again Here we go Here we go We go Again We’ll leave it We’ll leave it We’ll leave it For the dead Outside the crows are calling The scriptures they have read Bones of leaves are scraping At frosty windows The lines they trace ascend Her soul to shed Here we go Here we go We go Again Here we go Here we go We go Again
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Up in a Tree 04:00
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Up in a tree That’s where you’ll find me I’ll be Up in a tree There I’ll be hiding From these Cloud-shaped dreams Floating beside me Singing Come with me To this future It’ll be lovely Up in a tree That’s where you’ll find me Hanging From my knees Grabbing the branches Swinging Tree to tree Present to Future It’ll be frightening Up in a tree That’s where you’ll find me Huddled Underneath Thunder and lightning Striking Shaky knees Waiting the storm out Come and find me Come and find me
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The Gyre 05:56
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Leave me Leave me On the shoreline, Commodore Ease me Ease me Into the current headed north Feed me Feed me To the starving albatross Sail me Sail me To the center of the gyre Bind me Blind me To the loss that growth inspires Down me Drown me In the depths of our desire And I’ll waste And I’ll waste And I’ll waste And I’ll waste Waste another castaway Our loss And I’ll waste And I’ll waste And I’ll waste And I’ll waste Waste another castaway Our loss Save me Save me For this shipwreck overboard Bleed me Bleed me To the horizon evermore Lines and Lines of Our detritus and debris Diving Dying In the vortex Our humanity
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Olive Ridley 03:48
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Remember when you told me not to wander in too deep? You said that these were troubled waters we were wading in. The tide was growing stronger under, towing at my feet And cormorants were flying south along the border. We don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know what we don’t know. A seagull gave a warning call of what may lurk beneath. A crowd had gathered round applauding Ridley’s great release. The sun was falling lower in a watermelon sky And we were lurching toward unavoidable goodbyes. We don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know what we don’t know.
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Hide the Bones 03:53
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Lift up the topsoil Dig up the worms There with the clay And rocks And root-forms Hide the bones A misunderstanding Left alone Lost and abandoned over time Overgrown Bear it alone There on the hillside Bracken grows High in a cloudbank overhead Kestrels soar Mothers and babies Dart below Heart in a shelter underground Hide the bones Bear it alone Come out Come out Come out Come out Come out Come out Come out Come out Come out Come out Hide the bones Come out Come out Bear it alone Come out Come out Hide the bones Come out Come out Bear it alone Come out Come out Wherever you are Wherever you are
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Sparrows 06:04
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Like ripples on a sunny lake There she goes Shedding seeds of desire From all that she holds What of her will history make? Only the wind knows Sparrows nest in treetops Heavy boughs So they wait To see where the wind blows Hesitate ‘til season’s end Try to peak Through foggy windows And they wait With baited breath They’re scared to death They’re scared to death They’re scared to death They’re scared to death
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Cattails 05:01
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I’d like to plant you Cattails in the shallows Redwing blackbirds build Their nests in tomorrow Great blue heron lifts From trees dried of marrow Through the reeds we’ll drift Our eyes to the swallows And we’ll grow And we’ll grow And we’ll grow Ourselves in the hollows I’d like to swamp you out Of memory’s sorrow Dragonflies in love On currents they borrow Calls among the stalks The lark in the meadow Light the dreams they hide From out of the shadows And we’ll grow And we’ll grow And we’ll grow Ourselves in the hollows And we’ll grow And we’ll grow And we’ll grow Ourselves in the hollows
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Alabaster 04:31
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Build it up and knock it down Lead the sheep out to the pasture Watch it tumble to the ground Weed the garden spare the aster Tell the children to come home now Let the dogs out of the cages Time to batten down the hatches Light the candles Turn the pages Call the ships back to the harbor Lock the cattle with the cargo Post the footmen at the entrance See the soldiers off to battle Send the men back to the quarries Mining up the alabaster Etch the pages of the story Impending doom and grave disaster Alabaster Alabaster Alabaster Etch it into alabaster Carve it out of alabaster Build it up from alabaster Mine the shards of alabaster
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Path of the Pronghorns 04:34
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I know where I’m going It’s history But the wolves are howling They’re hounding me And the pack is growing intimidating Growing intimidating I’m on a journey migratory In unrelenting territory Your fuel my competition And I know that mine is not the only story Your long and sordid fight for glory But it’s me you’re pushing away It’s me you’re pushing away And I am running. I am running. I am running through the corridors and fences And I try to guide my calves along the way But we need a wider plain for our defenses Some time to keep the predators at bay Some time to keep the predators at bay And we’ll remain We are in decline We are in decline We are in decline We are in decline We are in decline We are in decline Won’t you help me Won’t you help me Won’t you help me Find a way Find a way Find a way
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Temporary 02:59
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Across the face of harvest All the birds will leave On the warmest current Howling in the eaves And we hold On a little tighter Inhale The air they breathe We know That these moments Are ours Only temporary Drop a line of breadcrumbs Illuminate the way A lone enchanted journey To a brighter day And they’ll grow In the darkness Their bones To bruise and break We hold On A little longer They’re ours Only temporary

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Debut Album from Denver indie band, Avifauna.

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released April 14, 2017

Meagen Svendsen: vocals, guitar, Christopher Nelsen: bass, vocals, Patrick Loehr: guitar, Robert Treta: drums, Mark Howell: keys, vocals, percussion.
Co-produced, engineered and mixed by Nick Sullivan at The Keep, Denver. Mastered by Jonathan Russell, Nashville. All Songs ©℗ 2017 Avifauna.

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Avifauna Denver, Colorado

Avifauna’s sound is an Electro-Folk blend of atmospherics and hypnotic
rhythms and harmonies, all centered around singer-songwriter Meagen
Svendsen’s dusky voice and brute lyrical narratives.
Svendsen’s lyrics draw on her life as an inveterate world traveler and nature
enthusiast. She weaves
narratives of intense emotion into a topical regard for the future of our planet. ... more

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