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Wretched Man

from Hill and Vale's First by Hill and Vale

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About: speculating the thoughts of Saint Paul's conflict of flesh and spirit during his missionary journeys

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The beauty in the smile of an earnest, kindred soul's heart pouring ever-outward consumes in me my woes: those pitiful calls for substance
and their greed's pursuits like wolves, never ceasing to devour every breath of good in me.
Knowing this, how do I harbor this pathetic will to end that very same beauty - this will, for self, defend?

O what a wretched man I am
Who can save me from this body of death?
O I long for the sweetest peace
That blissful leaving of this prison of flesh

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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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