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lyrics
Cardinals in the garden
startled when I spotted them
nestling with the starlings,
those speckled, restless darlings.
Old world seed-eating songbird.
Are you somber in slumber?
Are you stronger in numbers?
Are you starving with hunger?
The tanagers are managing
to prove themselves as scavengers
but the old oak tree.
They're opening up
all of the acorn seeds,
stealing them in high quantity.
From the sterling silver-colored squirrels,
with their shaded earl-grey bushy tails.
All the tanagers,
all the tanagers,
all the tanagers...
those brightly colored chested males...
So go forth,
fourth son.
You were not the chosen one.
Go forth,
fourth son.
You were not the chosen one.
By birth, there was before you
the first, the second, and third.
No place in the estate,
no duty in the church.
No work, no worth, no work,
no work, no worth, no work.
No title to inherit,
no bounty, child, no merit.
But take your coat of arms and bear it.
Marlet stuck against a star-lit sky
never settles...
well, his prize is to quest
for the rest...of...his...life…
I’m so grateful this crossed my path. This album is so beautiful. All the clear technique and mastery and vision are kinda secondary to the fact that this album brought me calm and joy during one of the most difficult times in my life. Yeah, grateful. David McCullough
UK singer-songwriter Alex Pester perfects his homespun baroque pop on an vast, largely home-recorded LP that finds elegance in simplicity. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 3, 2021