excited to announce (especially after having endured The Show That Disappeared, earlier this month) that i’ll be performing on Saturday, May 11th at The Rivoli in Toronto, Ontario, accompanied by four friends, making it the first fully-orchestrated raised by swans concert in over eight years (an uncanny detail: the show is happening in a room […]
as of today, my second album is fourteen years old. happy birthday, “no ghostless place”. ❤️ also: thank you to all who responded with such warmth and enthusiasm to the live show announcement that appeared (and then disappeared) on january 5th. unfortunately, a change of venue was necessary, but i’m working hard on finding another […]
#19 of 20. a lucky streak of moonlight watched the road dieright before my eyesit drowned inside a mirror then dared me to draw nearergamble my desire ona lucky streak of moonlightleave my loss behind mehope it never finds me crossed the guarded water as an open flamerubies gleamed and falteredhearts the undercurrent overcameoh my […]
#18 of 20. leaning towers racing oceans on your owndefiantlyone shortwave from long gonea lion the wilds were waiting for could you still see themlove’s urgent remainsgold coasts flaking in the red raini’m tryingi’m beaming light into stormsi still want more all the fleeting thingscolours fading from old paintingsyour eyes striking like lightning the leaning […]
#17 of 20. the sharpest needle how longhow long have you been gonei’ve seen the numbersthey still seem wrong the sharpest needleis in my heartnobody seesit’s just you and me my lovei promisedi’d keep you safea thread i carriedacross that lakewhen you went underand in the darkthe needle gleamedand joined you to me it joined […]
#16 of 20. why can’t absence i’ve retraced the wakes of bottled notesslept with glaciers on beds of coalsfelt you run right through meand then retractlet soft fictions cure me of the facts why can’t absence keep its promiseeven from a distanceits wish is my command i hear your maydaysand i move right awayjust to […]
#15 of 20. scores of angels (return of the sparrows) what spell is this that casts itself through the wallsa secret stranded animal callthat opens up the mouth of a caveto taste its freedom once again it’s all coming backit’s all coming backscores of angels clad in blackin blackdrums in singing fieldsarrows in my shieldscores of angels […]
#14 of 20. the first worddare to approach the frozen wave haunting the golden floodplain cupping hands to roaring blue woundsthe memories of the world scoured the earththe dirtto find the first word like a stone could be coaxed to bleed freight trains of rain unchainedthe cloud forest maimedbroken shovels up both my sleeves called off the […]
#13 of 20. sharing the songs individually wasn’t meant to take nearly this long.the remaining eight will be posted over the next two weeks or so. i hope everyone’s okay.love,eric.p.s. CD copies of both the new album and volume 1 (which includes “trains we both missed” and “pale blue black holes” as bonus tracks) are […]
#12 of 20. enchanted creatures know i’ve noticedin spite of the tornado’s spinyeah i’ve noticedmy wordlike a lotus flowera bloom of iridescent skinbroke the surfacewhat a world i still believe there are coins left to retrieverun through the wavesstirring up the mirrorcome show me what’s underneath know i felt itthe tremble in your summer legsas […]