We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Regarding Our Semicircular Migratory Instincts (Acoustic)

by A Modern Synthesis

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

about

In loving memory of Helen Anne Taylor

lyrics

A bird with singed wings flies above
Abruptly eclipsing the sun
The former matriarch misplaced
In the manufactured dusk, yet

Sky-yearning lanterns grace the night skyline of Tokyo
While observers stare from the streets
Displacing the stars, but their radiance can’t pass ours
As descending sparks burn in reprieve

An unforeseen collapse to land
Will we ever take-off again?
The flightless bird mouths voiceless words
Its earthbound hymn of eternal grounding, still

Turbulent waves crash along the Golden Coast of Mexico
As on-lookers gaze from the shore
Entrancing ocean mist beckons the cerulean abyss
So, coursing gulf currents drift you home

To a desolate Midwest state
Shrouded in sterile, off-white sheets
Weary wayward eyes search the heavens
For remaining signs of flight

Burning through antiquities
With space constrained, all senses fade
Abandon earth, sky, and in-between
Last fleeting seconds of an eternity’s day
Passing through the phantom tunnel
Obscured mind you find escape
Tattered fragments of memories past
Once forgotten, now fall back into place

Vibrant view of the ethereal kingdom
Now you're off to a greater estate
Set ablaze by luminous shards
Overlooking a celestial cliff face

Cascading blue and green serenity
Swirl and fold, mesh and fuse to be
A brilliant bent turquoise
And an effervescent aquamarine

Forgoing manmade constructs
Beyond the depths of the midnight sky
When tracing new constellations
Your steady hands guiding mine

Soaring on fractured porcelain wings
Your former vessel previously contained
My eyes forever scan horizons
In pursuit of your royal flames

credits

released April 28, 2014
Music and lyrics by Ryan Taylor

Recorded by Ken Chastain at Pixel Farm Music

Special thanks to Ken Chastain and Mike Taylor for setting up the recording session

Shout out to Keith Wilkins and Benny B

license

tags

about

A Modern Synthesis image

A Modern Synthesis Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ryan Taylor
Benny Burrito

contact / help

Contact A Modern Synthesis

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like A Modern Synthesis, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now