1. |
Mvmt I: The Sky Darkens
04:03
|
|||
|
Blood runs down streets dark and
Red cities burn
Retribution!
|
||||
2. |
Mvmt II: The Body Sleeps
04:34
|
|||
|
I'm not going to catch you this time
But you know I'll save you in the end
Sometimes you have to die
To know you'll come back to life
It's all been done
You'll be right back
What were you hoping for
A postcard heaven, cherubim?
All that's here is all that's real
And nothing less than physical
It's not your home
One minute now
No one makes it to life alive
No one makes it to life, darling
Won't you die with me
That's why you died with me
Ready or not here we come
We'll run like sparks amidst the trash
And you'll know what it's like to live
Since there's no more such thing as death
You'll be right back
One minute now
|
||||
3. |
||||
|
The void is empty save for stars that
Singing realize the wait is over now
They watch as a touch and a thought start transforming
No more empty, the change spreads inexorably
It crashes through the heavens, a tidal wave
Giving color to where there was only
Death and blackness, lifeless orbs spinning in
Deep space now a living lion that roars
The song comes alive
The song comes alive
The song comes alive
The song comes alive
Soon the breath will reach us, a matter of
Time now till the stone will melt into
Flesh and blood that can now sing with the
Stars their song of unending joy
The song comes alive
The song comes alive
The song comes alive
The song comes alive
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
Colder winds have never blown before
They come like arrows from a bow
Which, breaking with the strain of time,
Gives up and crashes through the sky
Down it comes through flashing sheets of rain
To wrap this curving broken earth
A signal! Now ends the refrain
Of Death and Hell we'll tell no more
But why does it hurt so?
Why does it hurt so?
Hotter flames have never burned before
They rush, the foaming crests of waves
Which, breaking over all the earth
Make ash the bonds of slavery
They race to me stood high up on the mount
Seared my flesh, building inside out
Remade, (the fire was my friend)
I soar down on wings of true life
A breath with true lungs
A sight with true eyes
Gather speed and advance, colour!
Flying over water sharp as knives
My voice calls out: Revitalize!
And movement stampedes in my wake
Complete, the journey we have made
Things as they should be
Things as they should be
Things as they should be
Things as they should be
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
Everything is a portent weighing meaning
Love contained in a falling leaf
Now what are they saying, groaning, waiting
Ambiently, expectation stirs
Time bursts forth
A stallion's charge
And who can stand?
Who can stand?
Now is the fruit heavy to fall
Now is the axe so near the tree
Now is the pregnant hope revealing
Now comes the birth, immortality!
Burn the root
Change the world
For now have come
The living ones
So the world is made anew
And flesh put on that bears no shame
Love is inexorable
That clothes our lost and shattered frame
Victory!
Victory!
Victory!
Victory!
|
||||
6. |
Mvmt VI: The Sun Rises
04:55
|
|||
|
I breathe at last, the work is done
Like shining glass, sea and sun
Are sharp and real, bright blades of love
Which grew to heal the wounds of
Night is over now
Night is over now
The sun is coming up
But don't turn away from the flames
These brilliant rays annul our shame
The fire burns, but we stand
For which we yearn is in our hands
Night is over now
Night is over now
The sun is coming up
When we touch the earth, it sings rejoicing
For the day has dawned, and we have returned
To ourselves as we were meant to be
To the world as it has longed to be
Night is over now
Night is over now
The sun is coming up
I breathe at last, the work is done
The shadow passed, and life begun
Night is over now
Night is over now
The sun is coming up
|
||||
7. |
||||
|
And so the vision fades
Of earth and us remade
And I again despair
The Light's no longer there
Can't let it go
Can't let it go
Won't let it go
Won't let it go
Beauty still survives
In the promise of new life
It's a dream worth dying for
To walk anew, upon those shores
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
So naked though I am, and unable to stand
I will remember this, the future in my hand
I'm indestructible, I journey with the stars
I wander all the earth, and heal its fading scars
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
|
||||
Jonathan Lipps Vancouver, British Columbia
I make all kinds of music. Most of the stuff I write ends up being released under the name Splendour Hyaline. On this page are other random projects of various kinds!
Jonathan Lipps recommends:
Present-Future
by Splendour Hyaline
This is the latest full release from my band!
go to albumIf you like Jonathan Lipps, you may also like:
The new EP from denitia specializes in big, hooky pop songs that put her smoky voice front and center.
go to album
Better Lives
by Feral Conservatives
Feral Conservatives specialize in elegantly ornamented guitar pop, centered around Rashie Rosenfarb’s emotive vocals.
go to album
A female voice that feels out of another century quivers over a folk harp on the 11 tracks that make up this exclusive video album.
go to album
Nobody Knows Anything
by Alex Highton
featured on Bandcamp Radio Dec 9, 2014
go to album
Six Million Miles From Nowhere
by Spaceman
As Spaceman, Stephen Munson of UK cult band Living In Texas makes lo-fi pop that shuffles and stomps.
go to album
