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Noble Neighbor

by Thad Kopec

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1.
If you are a good and noble neighbor, Hold your hands out If you owe your fellow man an acre, Sleep on the ground If your anger points you toward the North Star, Aim your feet south If you ever feel you’ve been forsaken, Come to be found Let us remember the days our souls were young Let us forget all the awful things we’ve done Let us find fullness in the peace of God’s love for everyone; There we will find who we were made to become If you find that you’re among your loved ones, Count yourself blessed If your tired feet are ever aching, Come find Her rest If your memory is haunted by your longings, May you forget
2.
Youth 04:59
Break your chains upon the blade You sharpened in your youth Go up to the place you grew, Cut down all you once knew Don’t become like them, you’ll say In the cold of bitter pride You fostered all your life, Drag your feet in the valley Until you fall to die You won’t become like them, But you are going to die alone. When you wake in warmth Tell your beloved they are known Run further from any thought That takes you far from home
3.
Wake 06:22
The thunder woke me up In the cool of the night I walked out on the lawn Stared up at the sky I heard you I woke up in my bed Made of root and earth A mist over my head The moon shining through Her I saw you I want to be with you Open up ancient books, We can recover them! Open eyes sacred mouth, We can be one with them!
4.
Grow Down 04:34
I could not love you enough All I had cut was in the rough Given to the stone I will not grow Given to the page I will not know Everywhere I go, I want to be Every single person that I see Scratch all of their surface Down to me; Could I ever get it down to you? In the wash I could only see The black sash wrapped around your tree. All of your life comes in leagues. Grow down, sister! When I saw I had nothing to offer, Maybe it was then I was free To love well the dirt under my feet To know close the sky over the trees
5.
Albatross 02:37
Though ancient days may call your name And gulls eat up the shore Ever keep your vessel straight And never weep no more Oh Albatross Keep your blackness from my mind Oh Albatross Keep your devils solely thine And though the sea will weep for me I’ll swear that I am just Ever faithful I will be Until we finally rust Though I know she cries out for me I shall never leave Albatross took out my eyes Forever blind I’ll be
6.
Careen 05:39
Careen, careen, careen, careen, careen, careen Cleave to the mighty sculptress And She’ll be what She will be If I bend my bow up toward the sky Can I loose an arrow that will snuff out the sun’s light? Can I roam into that darkness That I wrought with my own foolish hands? Is that where I will finally find you? Stealing through the broken promise land?

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released May 20, 2014

Thad Kopec - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion,
synthesizer (4), wurlitzer (3), piano
Alex Plasket - trombone
Liza Anne - vocals (1)
Josh Gilligan - wurlitzer (1), vocals (3,6)
Mimi Ijir - flute (2,6)
Natalie Mays - cello
Robbie Jackson - guitar (3)
Alex T Leach - synthesizer (3), vocals (3,6)
Alla Smilnak - vocals (3,6)
Palmer Durham - vocals (3,6)
Molly Parden - vocals (5)

Engineered and mixed by Thad Kopec
Mastered by Trevor Richardson

Album art arranged by Thad Kopec, thanks to
Thad Kopec Sr. for providing the family photos.

All songs written by Thad Kopec

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