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In Memory Of

by Bennett Bay

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Under the cyan sky, lay down your only life. Let all your words endure, for a cavern in which to yearn. Let all your grief take flight, through the silence across the night. Let it burn through every lawn, and every surface across the wall. From beneath the edgeless sea, where the irises bloom and sleep, if everyone left them to rot in the sand would it hurt just to listen then? To every single word, and every storm that would twist and turn, although your eyes are sullen and filled with tears, let them flow as the crumbling earth. Where everything turns to dirt, and every illusion gets lost in the dark of your words, should you weep, or should you stand tall? Was there ever a choice left at all? And if everyone loves in the same old way, would there ever be rest to be had? Calm is the iron heart, the everlasting light beyond the cold dark home. And if this should end in tears, or drown in my sin. Hold fast to the embers and, the colours we hear. There's nothing that you should fear, don't wait till the end. Take all that you have and hold so dear. Under the cyan sky, if all who live must die, then let everyday be bright, till the end of our nights, and we all can say goodnight.
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Cyan Sky 02:41
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Dearly Beloved, with love from the earth, do you still hear me now? Dearly Beloved, your heart's turned cold, do you still see me now?
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Full Moon 05:10
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Hey, the lights are turning grey, help them to disappear. Should it just fade away, as the coming of all our days. Where should the arrow point, if not for the falling soil. We'd have it all one day, but for now should we stray away? Have another beer, this round's on me so just be near. Hasn't it all happened before? The coming of spring in the light of the storm. Haven't you felt, with every breath? The tides that are blowing, again and again. Is there a lord, that lives in the skies? That shelters the winds and would helm all the world. Is this is a sign, the fire that burns? That captures my eyes and would tell me. That I would know, and we would sing, and every call would heed our needs. But i'm just a simple man, there is nothing but calm in the air. There it sits before me, a fire burning brightly.
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June The 2nd 05:30
So here we are today, the years have fallen far. The ashes lie awake in wait, of all our restless hearts. But hear me out, just a moment, there's more left to be said. And once it all is said and done, I pray all would be okay. Five years and more it's been, since the day you went away. No comfort comes from sleeping in, or lying in a ditch somewhere. And in the corner of my eye, there's a shadow that sits and sings. Are you there, beyond the golden vines, where the grass is always green? In time to come and time again, old words will ring as new. Each day is long yet filled with fruit, is there nothing left to do? The air is warm each breath is new, as the earth would have it be. Yet these are words that I could never say, was there more for me to do? And I know there's more to look to, and I feel it in my skin. But it's hard not to remember, that life is a fragile thing. And it's hard to keep on going, but it's harder to throw it away. Yet if all life has a value, then I'd rather that you had stayed. And if I could turn back time, I would not wait another day. I'd be there before the golden gates, awaiting what we may. And if all the world should crumble, before the earth would have it be. Maybe then, we would have our way, along the edgeless sea. And at the end of all our days, maybe then.
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Celebrations 06:25
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released September 9, 2018

String Quartet - Elicia Neo, Tsumugu Misugi, Mervin Wong, Nadene Law
Trumpets - Foong Jun Yu, Samantha Fong
Drums - Ian Tan
Glockenspiel - Lee Yu Ru
Melodica, Oboe, Guitars, Bass, Piano, Voice - Bennett Bay

Strings and Trumpets on Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 recorded by Marcus Lam
Drums, Glockenspiel, Guitars, Bass, Voices, Extra Trumpet recorded by Leonard Soosay at Snakeweed Studios

Tracks 1-9, 11-12 Mixed and Mastered by Leonard Soosay
Track 10 Mixed and Mastered by Marcus Lam

Album art, individual song art by Marcus Yang Mohan

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Bennett is a composer/musician from Singapore. Pastoral imagery and everyday experiences provide the bulk of his inspiration.

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