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stirring of birds

from carefully out of Nowhere by idylls

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adam black : guitar, vocals
zhao liang : guzheng
jeremiah moon : cello, vocals
angeline armstrong : vocals
lester wong : violin
alex ioakim : clarinet
caleb buse : moog
jack thomson : percussion

lyrics

sold my eyes;
stumbling blind, i grope along the wall.
leavening lies
swell and dispel hopefulness withal.

but i heard a Voice chime,
“arise and shine!
your sun is sunken so
I’ll give you Mine!”

how’d You find me? how’d You know
the silent sighing of my soul and
gild me as a garland in Your garden?
what’s this quiet kiss binding
up my broken heart?
with a whisper giving gladness as
it passes, trading
beauty for my ashes!

take my hands.
little as they are it’s all i have.
longing land,
raise again your ruins from the darkened drab!

i heard a Voice sing,
awakening spring,
“out, O, sprouts! come praise your King!”

how’d You find me? how’d You know
the silent sighing of my soul and
gild me as a garland in Your garden?
what’s this quiet kiss binding
up my broken heart?
with a whisper giving gladness as
it passes, trading
beauty for my ashes!

what mystery makes my mourning into music!
and trades my sighing sorrow for a song?
so long old, threadbare clothes,
i’ve brighter, righter robes! and i will
joy in He Who gives me my repose!

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from carefully out of Nowhere, released November 5, 2018
lyrics & music by: adam black
percussion by: jack thomson

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