The Thaw, by The Wine-Dark Sea

The Thaw

by The Wine-Dark Sea

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The debut album from The Wine-Dark Sea. Self-produced and released. Full-color album with booklet and lyrics.

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1.	Hummingbird 05:15	lyrics	buy track
We fall onto this canvas A color contrasting your world Pale blue dots, points in your actions Reveal more questions to hold Discouraged and restless Falter, falter, fall Keep up to keep standing Exhaust what’s for all Fall through Find new colors Paint your palette bright Flee, fly over the shadow, Poetry of this Earth’s heart Observe, react, magnetic attraction Pull these strands apart Fall through Find new colors Paint your palette bright Fall Through Redefine patterns Stars into mountains Fall through Find new colors Paint your palette bright
2.	Stolen Day 05:47	lyrics	buy track
I drew at birth This fine essential flame Chaos in structure I fly in the dark Weave through turmoil Alive I soar Now I dance I found a way Through bird's threat and weather A field clean of grey I bear this weight A thousand to one The life of much bigger A king be undone But I dance I find a way At home in this storm This weaving I know I lock my sight The nectar my goal Far from Brimming cells Unjust expectation Second to none Mites, moths, and beetles Smoke and desire My sisters work The sun brings life home to us And I dance My wings unravel I'll find my place Among dirt trees and gravel
3.	Cities of Sand 09:56	lyrics	buy track
A city shines gleaming lights and gold Our city bright The envy of our world Replaced all curves With lines from our design Paved our fields With pipes and silver wire You watch the ticking hand Instead of the sun When the storm comes Where will the water run See the towers grow Your words mean nothing They never stop We’ll build them to the sun Our plans dictate this See page Eleven We follow the lines Of our design You channelled your waters As they scour the land Tore the tops off mountains Built cities of sand The silence between you The concrete above The river is charging Breaking the banks In perfect straight lines Hear the churn and grind Will your towers stay standing When your foundation gives up Here we stand Towers Fall Here we stand At our ruins Here we fall From all grace Here we fall Waters Rise Wake Up The River Water Always Wins
4.	Between Frames 08:30	lyrics	buy track
Constellation Static feel Old clouds Find me I hear Nothing I float Alone Alive Breathing My eyes Close the dawn A real Sense, urgent But distant And concrete All lines Converge In this moment I am here Feel this winter As the snow Resumes Its spiral dance Bring this Hazy ether That pitch Feels complete I find My Eyes I find Maya
5.	Spring 04:48	lyrics	buy track
Break the roads with roots I burst through these lines You are forgotten Erased by vines New spores discover Welcoming shores In lungs, in wind Future walls are built Infect the roads with roots Broken the lines You are forgotten Displaced by vines New spores discover Fresh fertile ground In lungs, in wind Growing unbound I Draw up the shoot Crack the ice Cry new breaths As tendrils climb I am The Thaw Coughing Carbon As oceans rise Cherry blossoms Miss their cue I am The Thaw Strands reformed Sewn together New dawn rises evolve and flourish I am The Thaw All is Forgotten All is Plowed under I am The Thaw Broke the roads with roots Blood runs through the lines You are forgotten Overgrown by vines New spores discovered Fresh fertile ground Your cities give way To nature unbound
6.	Speak to Us of Crime and Punishment 06:35	lyrics	buy track
Fading stars Pull up the sun And morning dew Becomes the clouds Silent fields Of sunflowers I see waves Pull you under Use my hands To push you down Let the tide Purge your crimes Put yours Onto mine Wash off My guilt With fine Perfumed words Wash off My guilt Put yours Onto mine Wash off My guilt Honor this Wine-dark sea Filter this Paradox All the birds Have all agreed Done the math, Proved my case Cold blue waves Pull you under With these hands I pushed you down Let the tide Hide my crimes Strong and swift Will clean this Act of mine Of all wrong I’m absolved With these words Create this Wine-dark sea You’re free Breathe The waves Release Find new shores
7.	Speak to Us of Freedom 05:54	lyrics	buy track
(Instrumental)

credits

released November 11, 2012

The Wine-Dark Sea is:
Vincent Verweij & Kristian Perry
All songs by The Wine-Dark Sea

Cover photo by Peter Carroll, all other photos as noted