Balleena!
Caught in holy fire;
Evening light turns the wires
Of that old
Telegraph pole
Slowly to gold;
Roll on, never tire,
You soar skyward,
Sea-bound,
Your rain meets the ground
Balleena!
By the evening blue,
Parent, child, swimming through,
And I bowed
To those two clouds,
Murmured aloud
"Roll on, ever true,
You soar skyward,
Sea-bound,
Your rain meets the ground"
Roll on thunder, driving rain!
Turn in wonder to the sky again;
Cloud and stirling share their news
With the man in the wind
And the flame of your blue fuse
Balleena!
Oceans in the stars.
Whales unwind under Mars,
And that sight
In the pale night:
Orcas in flight-
Sing on, silver bars
You soar skyward,
Sea-bound,
Your rain meets the ground.
credits
from Stellar Cradle,
released August 10, 2023
Dominic Hyde: songwriter, vox, acoustic guitar, bass, production
Philippa Zawe: songwriter, vox
James Covell: piano, production, mastering
Jobe Baker-Sullivan: violin, production (www.ceolagency.com)
Nick Marshall: drums, production
Andy Gordon: mixing
Smooth, sophisticated pop with neoclassical flourishes from the Berlin-based duo of Fabian Till and Birk Buttcherey. Bandcamp New & Notable May 2, 2024