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Coastal

by Crooked Mouth

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1.
Coastal 01:54
A rocky shoal between grey and blue Distant peaks flecked with green and white Our souls reside between these places Clothed in beautiful reflections of light Our lineage; Earth and Sky As the water laps towards the shore bones embraced by time dissolve back to the essence from which they arose to wander in an animate world Eternally between times Coastal spirit
2.
Solar raven Totem spirit Symbol of sunlight In a world of shadow Soaring high Spirit fly Soul of cedar and moonlight I look to you Eyes of blue The cycle of the ages will begin anew You flew with Icarus when the world was young Watched him fall as you strove for the sun Sat with Woden in the halls of gold The secrets of men and gods to him you told You watched the wolf tear those gods from their thrones Fluttered through the desert as the Christ was born Even he fell away in due time You wondered who or what might be next in line But men don’t look to the sky anymore Their eyes cast down, locked behind closed doors But deep in your forest of cedar and fir Sometimes you remind them of how things once were
3.
I’m a fisherman’s son got fisherman’s ways I fished with my father in my young days I learned the fine craft of the fisherman’s trade Just to pass to my son so he’ll do the same The sea is my lifeline, the shore is my home I’ve been to your cities, I didn’t stay long I stared at the bright lights, the dark city lanes I tell ya, that’s not for me, no I didn’t stay Some days are rough, so we roll with the waves This living is tough, and slack is the pay But we wake at the sunrise, and leave at the dawn Singing the fisherman’s song I’m a fisherman’s son, got fisherman’s blood Haul in the lobster and jiggin’ the cod And if you don’t like me then leave me alone And I’ll keep on singing this fisherman’s song I’m a fisherman’s son, got fisherman’s ways I fished with my father in my young days I learned the fine craft of the fisherman’s trade Just to pass to my son so he’ll do the same
4.
Chinook 05:27
Instrumental
5.
Coastal spirits Wandering North and South Our people’s songs of old Once echoed from our mouths To the East and West is nothing but the sea This tiny spit of land Once held our destiny Across the Great Divide Through storm breaks, flow, and tide May a solemn voice arise That we were once alive Salmon, salt, and cedar My blood, my bones, my flesh We hurtled down the rapids Headlong towards our death And now we feed the Earth Our souls are far from home Ever our lot to wander Our mournful doom to roam Across the Great Divide Through storm breaks, flow, and tide May a sober song arise That we were once alive Our memory’s still alive
6.
"O Thou who bringest the Dawn; Who renewest the day without ceasing; Who’s splendour is the Brightness of the Morning; Fountain of Life and Source of Light Eternal, Increase in us Thy Knowledge and Thy Strength. Thou Who shinest in the East, Who showest the West Thy glory, And art supreme in the high heaven; Thou fillest Thy Houses with Light, And Thy Mansions with hidden Power. Thou sustainest the Seven Lords, The Shining Ones Who keep Thy Path, And we, who serve Thee through Their Ray, O Light ineffable. Increase in us Thy Wisdom and Thy Power, Dwell Thou in us, as we are One in Thee." THIS IS THE AGE OF AQUARIUS
7.
Eurythmy 05:31
When Ahriman shattered the light of all creation He ripped you from my arms Though Odin gave his eye for the wisdom of the world He couldn’t stop the Twilight of the Gods Spinning around the stars inside our hearts My eyes locked to yours, and yours in mine We speak in a language without words Your eyes say much more than your lips ever could Mithras bears a torch to light our darkened path A Golden child and a golden calf I journey to the Underworld this deed to do Reclaim the lost parts of myself and do the same for you Spinning through the threads of all our lives Blues eyes locked to mine Across the great divide I cast myself I’ll see you in my dreams again, if nothing else
8.
Holding On 06:36
Winter’s grip has gone from this land But it’s not gone from my heart Broken bones and broken hearts All we have to show Some kind of Fimbulwinter’s curse Cast on all our lives This is how we come into this world Is this how we’ll die? But we’re holding on Holding on Holding onto a candle “O, protect us from the dark!” with a tiny hope a flame can be kindled From this ember’s spark When I kissed you the last time Sure that it would end I was holding onto hope To feel something true again This winter is a lover O, a lover spurning our heart Holding on to the hope We’ll not forever be apart We are holding on Holding on We leave this world screaming Screaming to the abyss What was all the struggle and pain for? Was there just some point we missed? Why are we holding so tightly To the things we know won’t last? Clinging to the future And looking to the past We are holding on Holding on Holding on Holding on Holding on...
9.
Instrumental

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Coastal was written during a period of wandering between 2016 and 2018. The songs were recorded in a few intensive sessions starting in October 2018 and finishing March 2019, mostly in Qualicum Beach, BC.

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released October 4, 2019

The Crooked Mouth Family Band on this recording consists of:
Crooked Mouth: Guitars, voice, percussion, harmonium, cittern, bass, flutes
Stu Hentze: Drums
Lillian Liu: Violin & piano
Scythe Bearer: the Invocation of Light

Cover painting by Emily Carr

Track 3 written by Jimmy Rankin and originally performed by The Rankin Family

Recorded by Crooked Mouth
Mixed by Crooked Mouth and Nathaniel Ritter, Mastered by Ritter

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Crooked Mouth Vilnius, Lithuania

Founded by Ian Campbell in western Canada in 2012, CROOKED MOUTH has developed their own style of post-industrial folk music, blending influences from the original neofolk wave (Di6, C93, Sol Invictus), with the obscurities of 60/70s acid folk, archaic folklore groups, post-punk music, and the contemporary underground. ... more

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