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Primal Rumble

by Gretchen Lohse

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Benjamin Warfield
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Benjamin Warfield A beautiful album of intimate music that pulls the listener in. Transcends the folk and singer/songwriter genre with unique arrangements of electronic and found-sound elements. Somehow both youthful/playful yet mature and contemplative - if you've not visited Gretchen's mystic neuvolk world, you're in for a treat! Favorite track: Spider at the Gate.
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1.
I am not a willow though I wish that I could be a solitary temple silent and wise With secrets of the world sweet and tremulous as time I'd let the wind blow through me with little more than a sigh I've forgotten where I'm going where I've been and where I'll be I walk through fields of echos kind as shadows, warm as snow All around the river, dear I will walk until my feet appear to bleed and I grow old I am not a Pharaoh though I wish that I could be golden and unnamed silent and wise I'd sleep throughout eternity as all things passed me by I'd stare like Nefertiti captive in Berlin. I've forgotten where I'm going where I've been and where I'll be I walk through fields of echos kind as shadows, warm as snow All around the river, dear I will walk until my feet appear to bleed and I grow old I am not a sailboat though I wish that I could be half sunk under water silent and wise I'd go where I was told to never minding where I'd go I'd listen as the waves call "sail away, oh! sail away" I've forgotten where I'm going where I've been and where I'll be I walk through fields of echos kind as shadows, warm as snow All around the river, dear I will walk until my feet appear to bleed and I grow old All around the river, dear I will walk until my feet appear to bleed and I grow old
2.
I can see all the roads from here don't matter where I turn these invisible hands show me where to go it's not mine to choose If we part from here it'll be nothing new the foot will never know what the eye can do Though I'm done with providence and I'm through with expectation I'll never be done with you we are two birds, clinging to the same old tree Honey, honey let me be near you for a moment it's been some time since I've been around If I got your blessing I will sit for a little while soon enough I will drift away If we part from here it'll be nothing new the foot will never know what the eye can do Though I'm done with providence and I'm through with expectation I'll never be done with you we are two birds, clinging to the same old tree
3.
Garment 03:31
the orchid in the summertime has no need for ermine for velvet, for lace it bends and sways blooms and stays I need you to notice me put your hand on my hair you're a hunter, and there's a sparrow with a beak like an arrow. I'll wear crimson I'll be real still you're not far I'll pull you towards the center here don't bother to leave me a trail the dark is like lightening and voices are loud i'll know you by the bones in your finger the orchid in the summertime has no need for ermine for velvet or lace it bends and sways blooms and stays
4.
Sometimes the sky worries my heart as the winter grass holds the frost Now it carries you who runs and blurs and bleeds who bursts away as sandpipers do And the earth; it breathes as you whisper "Darling, settle in my world for awhile - stay in my world for awhile." The string that holds us close and brings us near invisible like ghosts are as we wheel over the ground as vast as moons remember me, remember me And the earth; it breathes as you whisper "Darling, settle in my world for awhile - stay in my world for awhile." Will you tell me when you go? Will you tell me when you're gone? It comes faster than I think, but now I understand The role of rabbits and the sought for thing And the earth; it breathes as you whisper "Darling, settle in my world for awhile - stay in my world for awhile." And the earth; it breathes as you whisper "Darling, settle in my world for awhile - stay in my world for awhile."
5.
Nation of two, I'm missing the idea of you. The one I find all night and disprove every day. There may be grey skies but I wouldn't know. All that I see, all I see is you. Sleepless, starless, back and forth nights, the way you hide behind my eyes. Why can't I let you go? Why can't I let you go? There may be grey skies but I wouldn't know. All that I see, all I see is you. I'll never belong to anyone. I'll never belong to anyone.
6.
Rings 02:53
Maybe you were born in an Austrian forest where you grew till you could no more you were home to various creatures who grew in you till they could no more In the woods you lived In death you sing maybe one day we will all break free I have walked through woods before seen others like you a million times or more I wondered if you were listening to the quiet songs that my feet made In the woods you lived In death you sing maybe one day we will all break free I hold you in my hands and start to play a simple tune I found written in your rings I will continue on with you until I can no more In the woods you lived In death you sing maybe one day we will all break free....
7.
Bonesetter 03:35
The moon rose hasty tonight No room in the dark I fear I've lost him my midnight love I can't give him much but I give him what I've got I can't give him much but I give him what I've got He's a bone setter He's a bone setter I burn I burn I found him a long way from home where he bedazzled me He stared with his bird wing eyes And oh! he wore 'em well I can't give him much but I give him what I've got I can't give him much but I give him what I've got He's a bone setter He's a bone setter I burn I burn When he comes marching back to me The sweetness, the misery the break and the mend now I know what it's for now I know what it's for The measure he gives is the measure I got The measure he gives is the measure I got The measure he gives is the measure I got The measure he gives is the measure I got
8.
The Cuckoo 03:19
Oh William, why did you blow away? I was unaware we had so little time. Oh, the cuckoo! She warbles as she flies. I have lain down the comb the only token I could leave I hope that you found it the only token I could leave I would have been forever faithful no one had warned never to trust in you Oh, the cuckoo! She warbles as she flies. I have lain down the comb the only token I could leave I hope that you found it the only token I could leave Roots they will whither, branches they will decay It wasn't long till you turned away Oh, the cuckoo! She warbles as she flies. I have lain down the comb the only token I could leave I hope that you found it the only token I could leave the only token I could leave
9.
The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun shimmers on my hair while people drift in and out How long, how long, how long can I escape this light and how long can I hang? I'm just a spider at the gate I just sit and wait I'm a spider at the gate I just sit and wait It's true, it's true, it's true, it's true I am dancing on the bed I fear I've lost the chase This is, this is, this is, this is how I turned out this is what I've become I'm just a spider at the gate I just sit and wait I'm a spider at the gate I just sit and wait Though my teeth look like kernels now they once were white and rippled deep they once saved the day, they once saved the day they once save the day, they once saved the day and now I'm a spider at the gate I just sit and wait I'm a spider at the gate I just sit and wait
10.
Let's tumble out onto the sand back behind clouds lies a barbaric globe and I'm curious to see what it all means I'm curious to see what it all means How can we find what we are lookin for how can we find that immovable center when each of our strands relates to another? what happens to one befalls every member I am curious to see what it all means We'll lift you up, lift you up over the waters lean into our hands, the tide's getting higher tell us if you can feel the primal rumble inside you I know that you're uncertain about being the sky I am curious to see what it all means There is importance in the air here where we are and what we do and who are near All of the wild things that we are are bottomless and turn us internally We will always be here, dancing beside the sea We will always be here, dancing beside the sea

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released December 10, 2013

All songs written by Gretchen Lohse

Recorded and Mixed by Rick Flom
Mastered by James Dellatacoma

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Gretchen Lohse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gretchen Lohse is a native Philadelphia singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. As the front woman of Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Yellow Humphrey, she dreams up rich, strange musical tapestries- part memoir and part tall tale- that are heavily influenced by folklore and silent films. Solo, she is barebones and delicate, her songs full of ghosts and unrequited love. ... more

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