Knots of May

from Knots of May by Holy Ghost People

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Pretty is and pretty was
like silver from the Golden Dawn

Shifting wind and burning straw
together make my will the law

If we turn the tide to the afternoon stars
and wait upon the shore for the light from afar
if we play the flutes to greet the rosy dawn
or leave our dances before we’re already gone

then the sky will open and close with the light
of a thousand clouds raining stars in the night
then we can separate the heart from the stone,
leave all our lives sleeping before we get home

All that is and all that does
shakes the way the ocean was

it sways in waves just like the sea
conceives, floats and is drowning me

Pretty is and pretty does
like silver from the Golden Dawn

Shifting clouds is disarray
cast shadows on the knots of may

If we turn the tide to the afternoon stars
and wait upon the shore for the light from afar
if we play the flutes to greet the rosy dawn
or leave our dances before we’re already gone

then the sky will open and close with the light
of a thousand clouds raining stars in the night
then we can separate the heart from the stone,
leave all our lives sleeping before we get home

credits

from Knots of May, released November 5, 2016

license

about

Holy Ghost People Portland, Oregon

contact / help

Contact Holy Ghost People

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Holy Ghost People, you may also like:

Ash of the Womb
by Illudium

featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 15, 2021
go to album
Birth of Omni
by Birthmark

This may be Nate Kinsella's "dad record," but the array of experimental sounds and soulful songs on offer evidence a new creative peak. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 23, 2024
go to album
The Red Brake Light Sky Sessions
by Wild Cat Strike

Tender indie pop songs that sound like whirring clockwork—bright bells and rhythmic clicks adorn gentle, soothing melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 27, 2021
go to album
Lovegaze
by Nailah Hunter

Rising Los Angeles harpist, singer, and composer weaves a vast tapestry of folk, R&B, ambient, psychedelia, and even breakbeat. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 14, 2024
go to album
True Loves
by Hooray For Earth

Help bring Hooray for Earth’s breakthrough psych-pop opus to vinyl by pledging to this crowdfunding campaign. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 6, 2023
go to album
Pedestrians Of Bright Silence
by Jespfur

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 16, 2024
go to album
Hometown [Original Score]
by Safa

Produced for a video installation of the same name. “Hometown” is full of mesmerizing, endlessly morphing electronic songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 16, 2023
go to album