We Stood There Feeling Like Worms (x.xi.mmxvi)
from Inchoate With The Light Go I by He Was Eaten By Owls
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about
title taken from a 1960's childrens book illustration
libretto written with help from margaret perry
includes quotes/references from/to: the brihadaranyaka upanishad, rupert brooke, laurence binyon & richard adams
libretto written with help from margaret perry
includes quotes/references from/to: the brihadaranyaka upanishad, rupert brooke, laurence binyon & richard adams
lyrics
i = soprano / ii = alto / iii = baritone
i: stop time i have changed my mind, i can't
i: it's the right thing to do and -
i: maybe there is another way?
ii: i know that it hurts so much, still
iii: i'll light the way for you to follow
i: if i could i would take your pain from you
ii: months spent bracing for this day and yet and yet i'm not (nearly) ready
iii: lay your head by mine together we'll
i: you can rest now safe in my arms forever
ii: there but for the grace of you go i
iii: lead you from the unreal to the real
i: and dance as dust before before the sun forever
ii: trembling in the light of what i've done (to you) here
iii: he would come anywhere i'd go with me and now -
i: moments go by so slowly without you with me
ii: reeling in the sounds that call your memory to me
iii: he took a piece of me away with him
i: let him rest, let him rest let him feel peace
ii: forever - your shape is in my heart forever, your shape is holy to me
iii: what if i could have could have saved him just like he saved me?
i: when will i sleep when will i dream without seeing him there?
ii: and when i am alone i feel you with me
iii: shadows coalesce in shapes that pull my heart out from me
i: in that rich earth a richer dust concealed there
ii: everything carries me to you now
iii: my arms still make the shape the space where he lay dying
i: at the setting of the sun i'll (always) remember (you)
ii: my heart my heart has, my heart has joined the thousand for my friend stopped running today
iii: open up let the light inside out
i: stop time i have changed my mind, i can't
i: it's the right thing to do and -
i: maybe there is another way?
ii: i know that it hurts so much, still
iii: i'll light the way for you to follow
i: if i could i would take your pain from you
ii: months spent bracing for this day and yet and yet i'm not (nearly) ready
iii: lay your head by mine together we'll
i: you can rest now safe in my arms forever
ii: there but for the grace of you go i
iii: lead you from the unreal to the real
i: and dance as dust before before the sun forever
ii: trembling in the light of what i've done (to you) here
iii: he would come anywhere i'd go with me and now -
i: moments go by so slowly without you with me
ii: reeling in the sounds that call your memory to me
iii: he took a piece of me away with him
i: let him rest, let him rest let him feel peace
ii: forever - your shape is in my heart forever, your shape is holy to me
iii: what if i could have could have saved him just like he saved me?
i: when will i sleep when will i dream without seeing him there?
ii: and when i am alone i feel you with me
iii: shadows coalesce in shapes that pull my heart out from me
i: in that rich earth a richer dust concealed there
ii: everything carries me to you now
iii: my arms still make the shape the space where he lay dying
i: at the setting of the sun i'll (always) remember (you)
ii: my heart my heart has, my heart has joined the thousand for my friend stopped running today
iii: open up let the light inside out
credits
from Inchoate With The Light Go I,
released November 10, 2018
soprano: xenia spencer-milnes
alto: stella fiorenzoli
baritone I: mathew barker
baritone II: ian buchanan
violin: maria kroon
viola: martin ash
cello: stevie alice mitchell
contrabass: robin g breeze
flugelhorn/trumpet: tom morley
clarinet: ben sellers
pipe organ/electronics/acoustic guitars/field recordings/glass harp/spoken voice/bowed & struck metal rods: kyle owls
soprano: xenia spencer-milnes
alto: stella fiorenzoli
baritone I: mathew barker
baritone II: ian buchanan
violin: maria kroon
viola: martin ash
cello: stevie alice mitchell
contrabass: robin g breeze
flugelhorn/trumpet: tom morley
clarinet: ben sellers
pipe organ/electronics/acoustic guitars/field recordings/glass harp/spoken voice/bowed & struck metal rods: kyle owls
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He Was Eaten By Owls London, UK
Supported by the PRS For Music Foundation and the UK Arts Council.
Experimental
ensemble from London, blending Chamber music with Post Punk, Electronica and Jazz. 'Chorus 30 From Blues For The Hitchhiking Dead' available thru Fu Inle (UK/EUR/USA) and Silent Project (ASIA).
'Inchoate With The Light Go I' available thru Fu Inle and Sweaty And Cramped (HK)
contact: hewaseatenbyowls@gmail.com
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