Name: South Ocean
Duration: P00H05M40S
Description: Δ Κick, snares, toms, triangle, marimbas, piano, acoustic guitar, voice, compact organ, synth bass, analog and modular synths Δ

South Ocean

from MERTZANIDES by Jon David Russell

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Δ Κick, snares, toms, triangle, marimbas, piano, acoustic guitar, voice, compact organ, synth bass, analog and modular synths Δ

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I have watched the clouds roll over
The star studded skies of the east, oh
It’s Saturday night on the moon tinted
Faces at Istmo
I see a darkness coming over
I see it from my open window
I think I’d dreamed politely
Knowing I’d spiral anyway
No courage, at all
Until finally I’m found
I turn my face towards the movement of
Crowds turning stones on the city bay
Unreal upon the steaming pavement,
Parading from calle to calle
And should I watch the night turn morning?
I put my keys down and my watch untied
For the last time
“Don’t do me like that,” he says
All the while it’s coming down–
See how it comes!
Light comes down–I’ve run enough to know that
Finally I’m found
Radiant light as bad on others all around
It sparks a gentler feeling
Radiant in new ways
As if somebody had bathed me
As if the waters had bathed me
The rumble’s moving, it echoes west on the hillside
Stay with me all night
And give a light
Until finally I’m found, and outside the sun is rising
Stars! they lose their glow, they make a mockery of me
Right as there is morning light
There is a dome upon a hill, a tower being lit
Seven tiers–there it is.

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from MERTZANIDES, released November 1, 2016

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Jon David Russell Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jon David Russell is a musician, composer, and visual artist living in Pittsburgh, PA

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