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Lifetime Ago

from Thummim by Hill and Vale

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A lifetime ago when days seemed to come and never go
And everything was lush and green
Down paths I’d go and where they’d wind I’d follow
But only where they would lead
But as time passed I made my own path
And it led me deep into the woods
Where shadows, bramble brush and overgrowth
Were crowding all I understood

I expected to find a clearing up ahead
But soon I was trapped on every side
With no hope and no escape to be known
For I was unreachable deep inside
Til I heard the sweet song of a sweet bird
And everything was made clear
There was only one way for me
To ever get out of there

Let this forest burn
Spark its stone to flame
Burn the old growth down
That the new growth be raised

Let this forest burn
Quench the sin and shame
Burn the old self down
That the new self be raised

Let this forest burn
Spark its stone to flame
Burn the old growth down
That the new growth be raised

Let this forest burn
Set my heart ablaze
Burn this prison down
That my soul may escape

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from Thummim, released May 14, 2021

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Hill and Vale Ames, Iowa

As hills and valleys show dynamics in nature, so are the sincere existentialist themes of Hill + Vale delivered thru music best summed up by Tolkien: “one was…wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came. The other…essayed to drown the other music by the violence of its voice, but…taken by the other and woven into its own solemn pattern.” ... more

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