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01. (光) Light in You
01:50
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There's Light in You
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I thought h̶e̶r̶ the sky would crush my spine
I thought my heart would fail somehow
h̶o̶w̶?̶
So slow
Struck the lightning bolt
Tip toe
Could it be that
All things are ever-changing
Could it be
?
A sight in a lost dream
A trick of light, as far as I know
So slow
Struck the lightning bolt
Tip toe
Could it be that
All things are ever-changing
Ebb and Flow
Flowing tides
Nameless Shape
Shapeless Name
Turn and turn
From end to end
1. A never ending colour change?
2. What does it take to get ready?
STASIS
Glance bouncing along
Alongside Violet Horizon
But am I really here?
Silent I was, Silent I was,...
Then, I was you, you were me
Ocean Child
I was you, you were me
No time to sleep
Something echoes beyond the woods
There’s no need to rest
No need to close my eyes
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03. (森) Unhanded
03:44
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大山, 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯
Don’t fall for the light of Dawn
Don’t go near the frontier
I hold your hand in my hand
you are free in here, you know?
If the snow slides down the mountain
I hold your hand in my hand
And if the storm comes roaring on
You are free in here, you know?
Wayfarer in open field \ If the snow slides down the mountain
Drifter under starless skies \ Don’t go near the frontier
Heartsick, boneless, idle prey \ Don’t fall for the light of Dawn
I held\hold your hand in my hand
𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪
There’s nothing “there”
Moonless wasteland
There’s no light in you
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04. (夜) (amnesia)
01:51
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Eu não sei mais como adormecer
Eu me esqueci de como se faz
Que pode um homem fazer
Se não vai mais acordar…
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Meu amor,
onde está a luz
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05. (海岸) Hour + Glass
05:23
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It’s my s̶o̶u̶l̶ sole desire to cram all of the grains of sand on this land into my hourglass
It’s my s̶o̶u̶l̶ sole desire to cram all of the grains of sand on this land into my hourglass
(…)
All the while on the shore
I was waiting for the cue
Running on borrowed time
All this feeling overdue
And waited all night
for the leading light
Awake all night
all hollow eyed, tired
Can they make sense of me
in the dark?
All the while on the shore
I was waiting for the cue
Running on borrowed time
All this feeling overdue
And waited all night
for the leading light
Awake all night
all hollow eyed, tired
Won’t I make sense of myself
to no avail?
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06. (朝) (alba)
01:16
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O Azul raiou
O sol voltou
Mas não há luz em mim
Será pra sempre assim?
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07. (海洋) Ocean Child
02:41
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(I was you you were me I was you you were me I was you you were me ...
˙˙˙ ǝɯ ǝɹǝʍ noʎ noʎ sɐʍ I ǝɯ ǝɹǝʍ noʎ noʎ sɐʍ I ǝɯ ǝɹǝʍ noʎ noʎ sɐʍ I)
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So I lost my sight and, now I need proof you’re not estranged
It slipped from my mind that I knew you as a̶n̶ ̶a̶i̶m̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ a nameless child
Soaking sheets and meaningless dreams about heading North
A desperate kind of lost, black eyed child of blue eyed kin
Where is my Nadir?
Dear Amanuensis, our hearts should be beating in phase by now
You went through the struggle to untangle this string of human sounds
All the while my neck was hanging from the fangs of a Siberian Cat
See Tiresias said I would see anew once I get Around the Mend
There beyond the frontier lies your Nadir
When the stygian eventide washes over you
Lie, baby lie
My Ocean Child
Lie, baby lie
The Silver Winter comes
A worn out half light cracks
Suddenly Dawn, Forever
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himalion Aveiro District, Portugal
Capo on the 4th fret indie music is the core of himalion, the most recent artistic entity of Diogo Sarabando focused on his
explorations between the current indie-folk and the classic folk of the 60’s and 70’s, with an added blend of world music including Portuguese and Brazilian Influences
His first LP entitled BLOOMING was released in May of 2021
PROFILE PHOTO: Teresa Queirós
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himalion recommends:
I truly recommend every wilco and Jeff Tweedy record. Plus take a look at his marvellous book "How to write one song" - The philosophy in BLOOMING to me ended up being unknowingly about this
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Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...
by Andrew Bird
Listen to everything by this man
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Orgônio (LP)
by André Júlio Turquesa
Best Portuguese folk record out there
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