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Heavenly Host

from Fisher King's Collection by The Orchards

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The first winter I lived in Maine I had a holiday-season job working long days delivering packages for UPS. I started this one morning before work and by nightfall it was complete. It was the beginning of a period where I started to need the songs in new ways - like they were rosary beads or life boats or something.

lyrics

Heavenly host, lay me down
Heavenly host, lay me down
I'll walk out the front door
I know what I'm in for
But you're still beside me somehow

My hands have been working so hard
My hands have been working so hard
They're pushing and pulling
Like they know what they're doing
But they don't know as well as my heart

And your guess is as good as mine
Your guess is as good as mine
We suffered so gladly
We were in love so madly
We hadn't a whisper of time

So heavenly host, lay me down
Heavenly host, lay me down
The body has borders
Mine's been taking orders
From a light at the edge of this town

credits

from Fisher King's Collection, released May 16, 2016
Eric - guitar, voice, and piano
Dave - bass
Pat - drums
Burd - voice
Todd - pedal steel

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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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