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First a Wolf, Now the Wind

from Archives of the Natural World by Odessa Chen

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This song explores my belief that when we die we return to the earth taking on new forms, perhaps even those of wolves. Preserve the habitat of the endangered Great Plains Wolf at www.nature.org.

lyrics

the binding knots
dismantling clocks whose arms
hold where the time went

you are the flanks of horses
as they run, as they run…

for there is no, there is no deeper
there is no, there is no deeper
than what we are

we are a pair
thread and needle
I hear you whisper
in handfuls of dirt

you move so easily
from form to form
first a wolf
and now the wind

for there is no, there is no deeper
there is no, there is no deeper
than what we are

you are the plain, you are the sky
I am the ax, and the pine
first a wolf
then the wind, oh!
first a wolf
then the wind, the wind...the wind

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from Archives of the Natural World, released May 15, 2011
Odessa Chen, guitar, vocals, keys
Devin Hoff, bass
Roger Riedlebauer, guitar
Rich Douthit, drums
Matt Henry Cunitz, keys

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odessa chen San Francisco, California

Cinematic and spectral, Odessa Chen’s music is a journey, intimate as a long held secret. Each song, like a tiny rowboat maneuvering in the dark, transports us to the deepest part of the lake where the stars shine brightest. Through despair towards transcendence each snapshot in time speaks of the romance of heightened experience, pivotal moments, and the rush of love. ... more

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