I love the bittersweet anthemic sound and lovely lyrics of "The Monarch."
Warm invitation
To breathe in my first breath
Shoulders sure are heavy
With these wings about to stretch
We're waking up, clinging to the rafters
Sensing summer winds are coming in
When just above me a hundred of my brothers
Are ready for this journey to begin
And then we're off, heading home now
And in my body there is buried some strange memory
Of how to fly, what to follow
And it will lead me to the origin of me
Pre-history
How long was I asleep?
All these colors opening like bright kaleidoscopes
Of waking dreams, you won't believe the view
I'm taking a dive into the crystal river
I'm gonna find a friend who gives
The sweetest kiss creation ever knew
Oh and when she blushes all the secrets in her eyes
Become the songs of old and wiser ones
Who flew this path before me
And if you hear it too, then why not sing it?
Pick up where they left off, wing it
The rest of them will marvel at the sky
And we're off, heading home now
And in my body there is buried some strange memory
Of how to fly, what to follow
And it will lead me to the origin of me
Pre-history
My mind has been lazily floating to "The Slow Club" most of today.
Lying in the half light, singing lullabies
Frozen by a reverie, unrecognized
Keeping with convention, I decline to hesitate
Rushing into everything but always running five minutes late
I barely know you, but baby would you mind
If we just meet at the Slow Club
Would you meet at the Slow Club
A phalanx of treadmills, try to keep up the pace
Front-running the hit parade keeps a smile on the face
With my favorite tee shirt I will try to turn your head
What makes me a better man can hardly be determined in bed
So what would happen instead
If we just meet at the Slow Club
Would you meet at the Slow Club
You could be good for me
If we take our time
I knew before the kiss
By the way you spend your sunshine
If we just meet at the Slow Club
Would you meet at the Slow Club
Matt Alber first came to my attention in 2008 with his absolutely beautiful, romantic song and video "The End Of The World."
http://mattalber.com/
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