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Seven Stones

from Fisher King's Collection by The Orchards

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The words came in a flash during a group hike in an old-growth woods in Ohio. Later on I sat down on a haunted couch in our house and wrote the music on our neighbor's banjo. I recorded it years ago with a group of friends in a charmingly thrift-store version. I was so happy to bring it back to life in Maine and record it in Jeremy and Jerusha's attic studio in Biddeford, which kind of felt like the dream version of a thrift store, with instruments everywhere.

lyrics

If these woods would welcome me in
I would build my altar here
North wind to my back, Venus to the west
I would bury seven stones
Lightning scarred the land, and your hand
Holding the lantern
That heat lightning you keep inside your heart
Bring calendula for tired eyes that moan to tired bodies
Weary bones that drag themselves through the dawn

And speak to the stars like the old friends they are
Please speak to the stars like the old friends they are
Because lammas shoots are protecting you
Lammas shoots are protecting you

Shipwrecked
Dying a slow death
Like an elm no axe can fell
I would bear witness to this
Tongue trapped in my teeth
Trying to shout him your name
Through the shattering rain
Trying to shout him your name
Through the shattering rain

credits

from Fisher King's Collection, released May 16, 2016
Eric - guitar, drum, and voice
Emily - cello and voice
Jerusha - cello and voice
Jeremy - accordion and voice
Randy - banjo, shakuhachi flute, and voice
Dave - voice

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The Orchards Portland, Maine

The Orchards were the songwriting project of Pennsylvania native Eric Schwan, based in Portland, ME and featuring a revolving cast of musicians adding orchestral and ambient textures and harmonies to his simple, folk-based songs. They released their LP, "Sing Birds, In Your Shrinking Woods" on Apohadion/Burst & Bloom Records with a final show on September 15, 2019. ... more

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