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Old Growth

by Otter

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1.
Arrival 03:58
The space is turning pink Where the skin of the mountains meets the sky And the howling of the wind Waltzing with the needles of the pines Wake up Wake up And the quiet colors bleeding Into something calculated in the mind As if all the worlds created With the naming of a rhythm that we find Wake up Wake up
2.
Feral 04:39
Do you breathe like we do? Do you eat like we do? Can you see in the dark, through the fog, and far beyond? If your blood runs hot and your feral heart is howling from the hollows That‘s our truest part Do you sleep with ears to the wildwood? Do you love anybody? Do you need a hand to hold? Oh, how little we know Oh how little we know Oh how little we know As for the words we hold The tongue is just a bird With the memory of fossils And a song again unheard We excavate and melt Undress the quiet nest Will you tell me of tomorrow with your feral flesh? Oh how little we know Oh how little we know Oh how little we know
3.
Paws 01:00
4.
Elephant 02:28
You said there’s nothing left of The man you used to be You think that you’re a coward It’s hard for me to see You in that light You never found your forest My naked mountain tree When the winds backbreaking There’s nothing left to be But strong in your stance You said we need purpose to live But are we different than an elephant? So if you take that story And cut into her chest You cut into her chest You open up the rest If you knew how much i love you Would you let it leave you to grow?
5.
Babushka 04:20
Babushka, I know you are worrying I know you are worrying Babushka, every morning you pray for my health But who will take care of you? And who will worry about you? So, we drove to the cemetery You, mom, and I We went to Baba Liza’s grave and left her old stones Where would you like to lay? Where the grass and sun are the sweetest Babushka, forgive me I’ve never sang in this language Your tongue Babushka, who were you before all this Tell me, what did you see every day? Where would you like to lay? Where the grass and sun are the sweetest Babushka, I know you are worrying But G-d is all around us And in our eyes
6.
Old Growth 02:16
7.
Green 04:50
No one will save you No one will save you No one will save you Losing love Feels like Climbing up a wall with no hands and no feet And no place to fall safely No one will save you Loneliness is green Not ripe to be eaten Waiting for the spring Loneliness is green Witness your eyes Fallen to demise when No one can see what you believe No one will save you No one will save you No one will save you In the quiet of the morning Walking down the street Listening to your feet Your feet breathe more than ever
8.
Greenfield 05:16
Greenfield I am at a loss for words Your hills are rolling down I don't know where they go O, familiar view O, familiar you The hook is in the sweater I’ve been wearing every winter Unfurling getting better But also getting colder If there is a way to escape the body it’s love If there is a way to lose your way home it’s love Sitting ‘round the table Vegetables arranged for the night It’s quiet The trees don’t do much talking now to you You don’t even know how far they go Lovers come and they dine with you heart and recline If there is a way to escape the body it’s love If there is a way To lose your way home It’s love Together we write songs and stories all night For whom and for what? Only to recognize that time is time It curls like smoke It goes for miles It goes, it goes and goes Greenfield, I’m at a loss for words Your hills are rolling down And I don’t know where they go O, familiar view O, familiar you

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Recorded in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts in December 2019, near Massachusetts' only old growth forest

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released January 16, 2021

songs written by Donna Vatnick and Jason Kimball
mixed by Jason Kimball (and Donna Vatnick)
mastered by Justin Kimball

bass by Justin Kimball
flute by Hannah Morris

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the life cycle of two melodic, buoyant mammals sifting for meaning in a vast sea.

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