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Triumvirate

by Lewis & Clarke

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1.
Eve's Wing 10:40
Our reflection Spoke to hub Our connection Lost above Conversation Twisted tongues Sing the backward song, Poisoned frightened doves Bird of fire make your flight Take what cannot burn Guilded nest we keep upon Promise of return Following...nothing and eternity Easily...drop your feathers and be free There's a fabric In the sound Weaving veins and whispers To the ground We are holding Tooth and bone Full and flowing Light unfold, golden grown Close your eyes and draw your lines Far beyond control Close your circle on itself Fortune to behold Following...nothing and eternity Easily...drop your feathers and be free Lifted veil Opening Fortune told Without fear Without force Without might Without shape Without sight Let it bellow and bowl Bend every note Let it tether and toll Unlock the folds We will spin it from coal We will turn dust to gold It will never be sold Let it grow Let it go... Let it grow It will sweep us away When we let it decay It will sweep us away With our backs to the ocean Lines bent with intent and breath Strokes follow notes follow rest Frozen amber mountain wish Friction keeps us on this pitch
2.
Black Cloud 06:35
There's a black cloud overhead And it hangs Knows what you want Holds it up high Droplets of poison Burn through to your pride The sun burns a halo In a darkening sky The weight in your chest Pulls the light from your eyes Your smile has gone crooked In your failure to rise Crafting perfection's Most fitting disguise The truth waits its turn At the inner divide Betrayal, my friend I mistook you for much Apprentice, assassin, My dangerous crutch Deafening words If you see you'll believe The shallow bird sings With a seed in his beak We are hidden in the mountain We are deep in our decay At the root of our creation There is a seed we put in place When it's true we'll have the answers When it's true we'll hear it sing The sour note bends When it's pure in its ring I will take your poison I will drink your cup I will continue to take chances I will risk it all to touch The silver thread that ties together What is not and is enough You've taken your fill But you gave half as much Walk in the flesh And take your best step Fingers are crossed With your hand on your breast Lost and estranged Cast without aim Judas now cursed What I gave you in vain When your bones are soft In the blackest storm Who will keep you dry? Who will help you try? On a shallow slide Is your stricken pride Who will carry you When you fall?
3.
Resistance 03:58
You are poison vine Choking your own kind And you lose in time Leave your roots behind You are crushing light Cursed with a touch That will steal our time And your soul in mind Secret winter, frozen jaws Icy flow before the thaw Hollow story left untold Bend it, bend until you fold We will see the forest When we look beyond the trees The seeker wants dimension But she sleeps on what she sees The daylight will desert us For the time it takes to roam The path of most resistance Will betray you to the bone The wind is whipping needles It's time you shed your fur Daggers dipped in poison thoughts Of those we should not stir The fallout causes cancer The cancer is your shame You can't stop the bleeding Or the fire with a flame Roll, Roll, Roll your stone Resist and fold
4.
Triumvirate 08:25
Listen for the voice Above the noise It's coming straight From the source Eyes open wide In the dark We will never know What it was A spark that got away A field of gold ablaze The burning of the brush The ashes blown astray Now we hold a flame To the thread about to break In a pair without a mate On a path that blocks the way Brought it there and back again Wild innocence called us To see our water spill In the dry desert sand Here inside the dream It's the pull of mystery It's the sound of falling sky Inside the dream And if we can believe Then the wind can change direction The wake of our divine uncertainty A map of a maze A universal shade The black sun at dusk Colored in a field of gray We will never see through The eyes of hollow men Who wonder of the consequence, Of how the world will end Here inside the dream It's a shadow left behind It's the sound of falling sky Inside the dream And if we can believe Then the wind can change direction A harrowing escape to be free Oh, it will make it fine It will give, in time It will paint the scenery blind It will be the mountain It will be the view It will touch the sky As it swallows you
5.
You can pull the thread until it’s bare Watch it slowly unravel With the innocence of a crawl It's the tapestry we untie When you hold it close to your chest It will open up to reveal Oh, the silent strands tell a tale Pull it tighter and we prevail In the trap of time we celebrate As desire guides us blind With our open palms to the sky While our dreams turn into dust When the actor only knows to play his role As the stage has not been set Now there's fresh blood steaming on the chopping block Where they took you as a threat The hills have hearts in lonely dawn And we're listening to its pulse In a cadence of stormy march We count the miles between the claps The lines are etched into the shell It's the genius of design There's a feather frozen still in a waterfall Will you take it as a sign? Do you recognize the space between Your last breath and a gasp? Do you recognize the space between The close reach and the grasp?
6.
Rain, falling slight Soft through the night Wait for the dawn Easing into light Home, follow home Child of the sun Lost in fields of gray Awaiting our return Still we gather strength Learning from its line Hope...infallible Perfect in design Wave, silent flames Waving in the wind Smoke scattering Weaving in the light Bend with open grace Deafening the pace Elder branches break Splintering with age It will shine a light In your heart and mind And the night will pass With a love that's blind When the thunder spoke Smiles in its praise Oh the words were cold Flattering and fake Whispers in the air An opposite decay Brazen bold, we forge to keep Heaven at our feet It will shine a light In your heart and mind And the night will pass With a love that's blind
7.
8.
A shiver in the storm ahead A sliver in your eye A splinter underfoot Against a thousand steps to climb We walk the test of wisdom And dance the whim of fools But this is our tradition These are not our rules Once it was of wonder Then it turned to shame Once it broke your will apart And played it like a game Now the swollen river Is pushing back the stream The rain would be a blessing If it wasn't for the heat We spoke in words of winter In a breath of icy haze Our tongues became the chisels The craft of our own pace We spoke of our own weakness Achilles at his best An open strike upon the heel We trusted as test The storm it brings a golden light Reflecting our own worth And blocks a shadow cast With every golden birth Will it be a falling flame An ember in the night? The dying of a distant star The passing of the light? We act upon contrition And take into account The load we bear is heavy Rewards we cannot count They find a way to climb you Like weeds upon a branch Their flower yields a poison Tangled feet and swayed the path In the turning sky We will fly & fall & the stars will rise When they hear your call And now we hear the echo In a voice we used to trust Far and unfamiliar Choking words of dust The song is dry and empty And longing for the stream To quench the desert flower And drink upon the dream Beneath your tired feet The water flows unseen And the willow sways above With the roots secure beneath The layers of creation The path of our intent From the river's deepest point The mortar keeps it bent In the turning sky We will fly and fall And the stars will rise When they hear your call
9.
Two Trees 02:25
The Oak Tree And The Fir Tree "I am big" said the Oak tree "I am big and strong" "I am little" said the fir tree, "but I am strong" The wind blew "I am big and strong" said the Oak tree "You can't blow me down" The wind blew "I can bend" said the little Fir tree "You can't blow me down" The wind blew and blew The wind didn't blow down the little Fir tree The wind blew and blew The wind blew down the big Oak tree The Fir tree looked at the Oak tree "You are big, but you can't bend" he said
10.
The Ride 07:06
In the light we look to find The balance we all crave Soon in time we all take flight And marvel at our wings Comfort compass draws us in Circle starts when we begin These first steps, we hesitate Footsteps we all follow in It is colder outside and you're only a child You are poised, bursting, awake And graceful...in time While the mountains inside of you Are frozen stories calling you Along for the ride Arms outstretched eclipse the sun In balancing you sway A rhythm of the autumn light Departure and decay River, mountain, sand and stone We trace the lines and we follow home The path between us will guide your flight Trust in both, and your perfect sight Your arms are not yet wings But they will be... in time Rise and fall, the shadows will speak Keep it steady and shine When the mountains inside of you Are the frozen stories calling you Along for the ride High above the painted night We carry our first breath Without a word and without a sound Release it from your chest A force of nature, it's own decree Return is rested, finished and free Looking up is the glance that it takes To forget and forgive our mistakes When it all falls away, all that’s left is the chance We were meant for this place, we were meant for the task When the mountains inside of you Are the frozen stories calling you They will rush upon your heels And pull you with a grip of steel Home from the ride
11.
Ascensionist 08:05
High water mark Tells of what we wonder There was a spark From it we burn brighter...burn Born miles deep Frozen forces under Form following Friction breaks with thunder In the falling light we find our answer Shadows among painted scenery We can ride too easily Scripted craft adrift and free We coalesce, germinate We spark the flint to call, create Cold cavern flow From your eastern shoulder Steep talus slope Holding fallen boulders We will rise above the darkened valley Acclimate, earn our place in rust Deepest ripple of desire Dream of life or set to fire Colors blend in smoke and sky Long to learn, to sing, to fly Hearts with wings are floating With truth that cannot lie Ascent is the thought we send And throw into the sky Spinning fast into the sun With wind as our reward We run the golden corridor Unlock every door Old arches fold Weight of thirst and hunger Ancient stranglehold Lose your grip in wonder Ascensionist, direct & free Exposed we rise into the sky We cling to you, caress your face Ascensionist, we rise
12.
Sojourn Sam 08:55
I hope your rest is silent I trust you're resting free I will keep it all covered Like you needed to be Now we see in the distance Light is starting to rise Slipping into the corners Through the darkest disguise Oh my friend, we resisted your hurt And failed you again like the sand to the dirt What you tried is the pulse in your bones The well traveled path that will lead you to home You'll decide that your course has been cast You burned it too bright You burned it too fast In the end we fell short of your reach Resist it again, you're the salt to the sea It won’t be long... this is your own song I hope you're resting silent I trust you're resting free I will keep it all covered Like you needed to be I can offer my shelter I will give you my strength I will reach for your spirit From impossible lengths It won’t be long...this is your own song

about

Triumvirate is the name of a route within the cliffs of Mt. Tammany in the Delaware Water Gap.

Dedicated to the memories of Sam Crismon and Harry "Murf" Sherman.


Praise for Triumvirate:


"Gorgeously crafted and composed, full of wonder...seventy-five minutes of sheer beauty and trauma"
- THE LINE OF BEST FIT

"Informed and elegant...luxuriously textured...it is gorgeous, and it is heartbreaking, and it reminds one that grace exists in this life
if we have the dogged strength to finally find it.
-HUFFINGTON POST

"Epic in its delivery, grand in its scope, it is still—like the other Lewis & Clarke records—first and foremost intimate and inviting"
- POP MATTERS

"A long, luxurious and atmospheric trip"
- AMERICANA UK

"A clear and honest vision of elevated long-form songwriting that's mesmerizing in its grandeur, immersive in its majestic sweep,
and yet so neatly contained within its wide expansive"
- ALL AROUND SOUND

"Lewis & Clarke returns with a huge masterpiece...a double LP of extreme beauty, emotion, musicality, and storytelling." - FOLKADELPHIA

"Gorgeous, slow-building.....the way a gifted author tells stories, revealing details slowly, guiding the narrative along confidently." - WONDERING SOUND

"Melancholic creations are woven through with existential prose, subdued intimate beauty"
-FOLK RADIO UK

"Exquisitely crafted, orchestrated and performed. The album is lush, warm, melancholic, world-weary, yet often uplifting.
Call it chamber folk, baroque pop, or sweater weather music, the double album is a beauty."
-WXPN, THE KEY

"It's certainly expansive, but it's the individual songs that make Triumvirate feel grand...these songs sound full, and brimming with life."
- EARBUDDY

"We are somehow being guided in a way that opens us to the mystery and wonder of this world, led to see what might be the familiar, as strange.
Even perhaps what's finite as infinite, as the poet Novalis might have suggested"
- ERIKA FUNKE, WVIA

"Intensely enchanting avant-folk music. At times both serene and ominous, this album is as beautiful as music gets."
-SWOLLEN FOX

"A modern masterpiece"
-PITTSBURGH IN TUNE

"Highly dynamic...mature and aware...a work of great depth"
-ONDAROCK


"A feature-length exploration of atmosphere and nuance…Slow and measured, delicate but finely wrought, Triumvirate is a welcome return."
-R2

"Sumptuous and profound....Lewis & Clarke’s material, more now than ever, does not pay particular attention to demands or trends.
It exists on its own terms and arrives at its own pace."
-HIGHWAY 81 REVISITED

"A journey into contemplation and musical reflection...pouring over prose like a great storyteller"
-SELECTIVE MEMORY

"The best folk-tinged indie music over the past decade...an expansive and sonically indulgent collection"
- THE RECORD DEPT.

credits

released October 7, 2014

Recorded & Engineered by Nick Krill/The Garden Center
Assisted by Thomas Hughes
Additional engineering: Lou Rogai, Shane O'Hara, Dan McKinney, Tom Asselin
Mixed by Matt Boynton/Vacation Island
Mastered by Jason Ward & Bob Weston/Chicago Mastering
Cover art by Erika Somogyi

Musical Personnel: Lou Rogai, Ian O'Hara, Shane O'Hara, Mollibeth Cox, Gretchen Lohse, Tom Asselin

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Lewis & Clarke Pennsylvania

Future-Primitive | Folk-Noir | Post-Classical | Art Rock

Ruminating & reflecting the human condition through music for 2 decades.

The moniker references the fellowship and correspondence between C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke, not the 19th century explorers.

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