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Antiquity - acoustic with birds

from Lula - songs from girlhood by Louisa John-Krol

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Here's a more recent - still acoustic - recording of 'Antiquity', which I wrote at age 15 in bushland of Junortoun. A silver cat perched beside me, under the stars. They shone brightly in a pristine sky. A more fully produced version with additional instruments, such as vibraphone, appears elsewhere here at Bandcamp.

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I walked down to the lake in Malnerholm;
Saw a man with weary eyes an’ a heavy load; he said,
'I am troubled because I have answers that don’t satisfy me'
I told him: If you want to know …

Go, ask the stars that no-one has seen,
Where they shine between those galaxies far from home!
Go question the sunless night - through an eagle’s eye –
While the songs and seas ... are calling to Antiquity.

So we talked and turned each others’ thoughts around;
Well he told me, 'Life is a shadow of the mind ...'
Search inside and lay your questions down:

How many people are to be born?
How long the tide will rise an’ fall,
Maybe time means nothing at all?
Ask the moon when she’ll refuse to shine,
borrow the prophet’s eyes
But the songs and seas are calling to Antiquity.

There’s a kind of reason that we’ve both denied;
don’t ask me why
Just go, ask the stars …
We’re calling … Calling to Antiquity …
And the songs an’ the seas, they’re calling back
Calling right back now, calling ... to Antiquity.

credits

from Lula - songs from girlhood, released March 26, 2024
Lyrics, Melody: Louise John, composed circa 1982
Vocals & Guitar, this version: Louisa John-Krol (nie John), recorded circa 2012
Harmonic Guitar Thrums: Phil Setton
Engineer: Jack Setton at Mad Cat Sound, Oakleigh, Melbourne
Australian Birds licensed from Listening Earth: 'Favourite Australian Birdsong - Pure Nature Sounds' (Fairy Wren, Scarlet Robin, Magpie, Singing Honeyeater)
Photo is from my twenties, back in the bush garden.

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Louisa John-Krol Australia

Louisa is an Australian singer, composer, writer & faery storyteller who has released many albums of ethereal music on indie labels, primarily in France. She's completing a fantasy series, The Elderbrook Chronicles, with a soundtrack.

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