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A Small Murmuration

by Snow Ghosts

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1.
You wandered through the willows In the forest you have found Trying to hide your footprints in the ground It's not wise, if you try to run It's not wise, You know I've won, You know I've won And you'll smile, on your knees The Hunter becomes... The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes... The Hunted The Hunter becomes.....
2.
We wandered through the darkness of the day To show me where the years have slipped away Its idle hands that dig the grave So give your fingers what they crave The flowers bloomed as bright as blood Your feather crown fell in the mud We said to death, well not today...bring tomorrow what it may You’ll find me where the crows fly, with my feather crown, brittle and dry Drinking the tears from their beady eyes, the murder, the murder she cries Where the crows fly (murder she cried) where the crows fly (murder she cried) Where the crows fly (to show me where the years...) (murder she cried) Where the crows fly (It’s idle hands...) (murder she cried) We wandered through the darkness of the day (where the crows) to show me where the years have slipped away (where the crows) It’s idle hands that dig the grave (where the crows fly) So give your fingers what they crave You’ll find me where the crows fly, with my feather crown, brittle and dry Drinking the tears from their beady eyes, the murder, the murder she cries Where the crows fly (murder she cried) where the crows fly (murder she cried) Where the crows fly (murder she cried) where the crows fly (murder she cried) Where the crows fly (we wandered through the darkness) murder she cried Where the crows fly (to show me where the years) murder she cried Where the crows fly (its idle hands...) murder she cried Where the crows fly (So give your fingers) murder she cried
3.
Take me to your secret garden Where the light shines through the trees Wander down that lonely river Whispers buried in the reeds Take me to your secret garden Walk me back through time we’ve lost Shake in blood and I’ll tell no one That the river can be crossed And you know the waters will rise, the waters will rise And wash it all away, wash it all away, wash it all away, wash it all away And you know the waters will rise, the waters will rise And wash it all away, wash it all away, wash it all away, wash it all away
4.
You can have the clothes off my back, or the last breath in my lungs But instead you’ll strip me bare, leave me lying there, as you suck out all the air You can share my family, but would you turn them all against me? I’d give you my bed, the blood that I’ve shed and slip like Ophelia fears Silently in to her tears I can still taste the blood in my mouth, bittersweet with doubt I can still taste the blood in my mouth, rip this feeling out I can still taste the blood in my mouth I can still taste the blood in my mouth I can still taste the blood in my mouth, bittersweet with doubt I can still taste the blood in my mouth You can have the clothes off my back You can share my family
5.
She tied a rope around your neck And led you through the town With love that’s like the gallows Strung but she’ll never cut you down When you left the sun went out Walk in fields of grey And I will wear my feather crown Turn the night to day You said my name but the devil came With her black eyes and paper cut smile You said my love has it been so long Won’t you stay a little while I said, no chance, the devil won’t dance Or run with the wolves in the wild I’ve had my fill, my way with your will Leave me here, leave me here To sleep like a child To sleep like a child To sleep like a child To sleep like a child To sleep like a child You asked me silently, to keep your secrets close to me You asked me silently, to keep your secrets close to me To sleep like a child To sleep like a child
6.
Time Listens 02:20
And all bridges burn You know you’ll never listen when you learn And all bridges burn No you’ll never listen when you learn Oh secretly You fall on your knees And time listens to none There’s nowhere left to run And all bridges burn You know you’ll never listen When you learn
7.
Untangle Me 03:27
I walk a winding road Every step a heavy load My heart became a ball and chain That I drag along the dirt We tied the bowman’s knot Promises we soon forgot Now our lives forever intertwine Untangle me We grew like creeping vines Strangling our hearts and minds Dry your eyes to watch the water rise It suffocates in time We chase after the sinking sun All along but still with everyone Now our lives forever intertwine Untangle me
8.
Ropery 03:10
Ever wonder what you’d give? Well I... I traded the pennies on my cold, dead eyes For one last day by your side And they walked me down to Tyburn dock Where they tied the hangman’s knot And the starlings hide away And said to death “no not today” And I traded the pennies on my cold, dead eyes For one last day by your side For one last day, by your side
9.
You said you’d wait forever, but I blinked and the World was gone You wade through the water, slowly your hands grow numb I wish you felt me falling, I wish you’d watched over me You said you’d wait forever, but I blink... And the World was gone And the World was gone And the World was gone I run through your hair, one with the night air Brushing your skin with my breathing Turn out the light, I’m every nightmare Run, you can run, you can run I blink and the World was gone I blink and the World was gone I blink and the World was gone You said you’d wait forever, but I blink and the world was gone You wade through the water, slowly your hands grow numb I wish you’d felt me falling, I wish you’d watch over me You said you’d wait forever, but I blink And the World was gone And the World was gone And the World was gone
10.
In The Deep 02:17
Take comfort in the guilt The summer flowers wilt Buried in the deep Where the stars can weep

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Houndstooth present the emotive full length debut by Ross Tones (Throwing Snow) and Hannah Cartwright as Snow Ghosts. Like Various Production before them, Snow Ghosts occupy an etheric space between modern bass shapes and more timeless folk and pop song-writing with 'Small Murmuration'. Producer, Throwing Snow has tempered his wilder tastes for Footwork / Jungle / Garage / Hip Hop in ten cinematically-scoped scenes, including a highlight collaboration with Blue Daisy, constructing an immersive album powered by robust rhythms but dominated by the HD-rich scenery and Hannah's spectral vocals. Like we said, the Blue Daisy collaboration, 'Covenant' is an arresting centrepiece, a dark fantasia of symphonic synths and dynamic drum tension, following a theme set with the LOTR drama of 'The Hunted' and traced thru the sweeping strings and folk swoon of 'Murder Cries' to the expansive, Beth Gibbons-like downtime of 'Time Listens' and the Massive Attack potency of 'Untangle Me'.

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released July 8, 2013

Throwing Snow, Augustus Ghost

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Snow Ghosts Bath, UK

Sharing a mutual influence of the shadowy elements of British folklore and the heavier side of experimental noise, a disparate array of reference points combines to form Snow Ghosts’ bewitching and oft intoxicating sound. Throwing Snow and Augustus Ghost are now joined by multi-instrumentalist Oliver Knowles to pool their individual inspirations, ideas and styles under the moniker of Snow Ghosts. ... more

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