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The Wind is Forever

from Living Shadows by Joel Bird

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We all feel it from time to time, the eternal wind, from a place that is beyond the human condition. For those who wish to ask the question with no answer, solace arrives in the form of a paradox, it is the fact that all of this is for nothing that makes it so beautiful, it is the meaningless condition itself that brings meaning. The storm at the end was my starting point for writing this song. There are no fixed notes, but somehow a melody emerges.

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Lord speak the truth that rise in me.
Rise like a mountain, rise from the sea.
And a thousand times and a hundred more.
I asked you the question and the silence it roared.
And the love was gone and my heart grew cold.
And the wind feels nothing, cos the story is old.
And the storm moves on and it will not stop.
Cos the wind is forever, and the wind is forever, and the wind is forever.
But your thoughts they are not.

World speak the truth that fails in me.
It falls like heaven falls to the sea.
And I spoke no more and the world replied.
The answer was living and the question it died.
And the love returned and my heart grew strong.
And the wind feels nothing, cos the story is long.
And the storm moves on and it will not stop.
Cos the wind is forever, and the wind is forever, and the wind is forever.
But your pain it is not.

credits

from Living Shadows, released November 26, 2019
Thaila Zuchi (backing vocals)

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Joel Bird UK

A modern folk artist inspired by graveyards, sea shanties and spaghetti western ride outs. I tell bittersweet stories to a soundtrack, composed with both traditional instruments and subtle electronics.
My past includes supporting Elvis Costello on tour & writing soundtracks for TV & film productions.
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