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Plowshares (Our Melted Swords) Pt. I

from Hill and Vale's First by Hill and Vale

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In fellowship, friend, lift your voice
But silence your hurried song
Sing rather for new wisdom
And the will to see it through

In hardship, does not come passion?
And in work, does not come strength?
Then how long can we rest our hands
And yet slave for liberty?

O the worthlessness of thought
And hollow philosophy
That lacks the breadth of brotherhood
And labor formed of love

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from Hill and Vale's First, released August 3, 2013

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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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