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Monarch

by Zach Winters

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1.
Wet rain, waiting under a cloud that’s full of rain Cold feet standing upon a shore that’s cold and grey Endless horizon, that melts away from left to right Blurries the edges, where sky and ocean reunite
2.
Snow 04:07
Please don’t let me fall into hesitation yet Cause it’s these moments when silence starts sliding downhill quick And I’m watching trees go flying never digging in my heels to walk among them And the amnesia of this traveling begins to blur the memory of what I set out for Snow, my contact between me and something I remember A voice moving softly through the trees followed my people around the Caspian Sea And have we ever really listened with our stiff necks and broken wisdom? Picking berry-laden branches And did our trade or our surrender make us any less of pretenders? Tell me Break whatever’s in me that makes me dull and makes me dream of lesser colors lesser things; you can unzip me from the seams Kick all the props, cut all the strings, divert generational streams dig out my heart and make me scream if that is what will make me sing
3.
These are the days we’re making up as we go we drift through the hollows to find the old road don’t remember days of your sorrow, remember when you heard the call carry today & tomorrow, and rightly count the who’s and whens Some people say money, and others say plans but I’m hungry for freedom that never changes hands spring, summer and autumn leave me restless will winter bring its peace to man? But hidden in time there is a constant if we can only enter in I’ve been to your house once the doors were tall & wide so I was surprised when it was warm inside Take me to a room I can lay down in and let me hear the songs they sing or quiet my mind — let me hear softly the simple song you’re whispering
4.
Eight long months with nothing showing With not one coming, and in the swelter nothing growing July’s heat brought us to our knees But we’re still crawling When the Spring came with rain, it came all at once in a down pour And the hail came with, with all its knives & its fists and left our garden sore Their heads looked down & their backs bent over like orphans And I wondered if what I planted in the ground had any chance of becoming what I’m hoping Nine long months — we just returned from a wedding Things like these make me think of where we’re heading The heart’s trapeze has no comfort of the netting But the tears that are shed in a drought are more precious for the letting And the Fall came gentle and the blossoms that were wrinkled began to open And the August that had pressed on us so hard September had broken So prune it off — we’ll see Or pull them up if no fruit is setting Because the Fall is here and because the garden’d be fairer for replanting December comes — and a baby is awakened And frost may fall, but our hope wasn’t taken And the summer earth was dormant But the winter fruit is persevering
5.
City 02:42
City of gold, city of face city of love, city — no base city undone, city low play city street-drunk, city turns none away And we saw through our windows every door where the men go She was low cut, she was dumb-faced a ribbon of lust wherever she lay see her undone, see her freeze-frame see her drunk li(m)p, see her tease play And we watch still as she goes downhill City hangs out where the beasts sway City’s passed out in the hallway Before she fell down what did she say? “I haven’t seen a bird in twenty-three of these days” To say we told her so was no thrill But we don’t mind a quiet kill
6.
Apology 03:28
Sorry love, I didn’t mean to hurt you, I apologize I love your hands Please come out, out from behind the red holly tree I’ll prune their horns Foolish tongue Speak kindly to a lady, your ever-wife, And wash her arms Holy light— See it — through the window of her skin A mirror shines Sorry, love— I didn’t mean to hurt you, I apologize Know I love you
7.
I used to think that we would never know enough that we were caught between a shadow and a bluff a scent so fleeting, so misleading, us a storm cloud’s passion spirit, ashes, us We can sink our teeth in whatever fare we want we can fill our rooms or leave them vacant, waiting endless options, rooms of boxes, us filled or empty, feigned or living, us And when we cross the street and leave the salesmen wagging tongues behind the cemetery field is the wild open we were meant to be a tributary running down cause the valley’s meant to be to be filled with children
8.
Monarch 05:56
Afternoon, when I saw your cocoon hanging silent Won’t be here in the dark of the year when the light’s spent and bent over a misshapen earth Bottled up in a drinking cup, I hold and watch you As the summer yawns and autumn blankets my lawn What will time do to you? Restless fingers, clenched fists, now, now — is it time yet? Raising brows, counting down, now, now — is it time yet? And when the summer lifts and the evenings are brisk you will turn south And the same turns that the monarch learns from the wind’s mouth, will they lift me? Morning and the dawn of your wings comes too slowly for me You tap and you twist but your tough chrysalis is still holding, it seems But the trick of the stall is you won’t get out at all without the struggling You’ve got to be strong cause it won’t be long till you’re flying To see the orange ocean with black and white flickered songs The dream of meeting brothers that I have never known is calling me out The sea of flame and flutter the yearn to belong The first rip in the darkness, and the sense of my home is calling me out
9.
Morning Dove 05:17
She’s awake in the morning long before I ever stir she’s hungry for the oil and the water and the flour gets rolled for the bread She has ears for the birdsong that decorates the darkest blue her voice is in her hands and the whispering is her song in the hours before the sun is due She moves out through the morning while the stars still wander over streets, over houses she pulls a blanket and the dew of her feet is a washing She looks into our faces with the love that she’s received and bestows it on us like a white carnation the well of her heart is a clear spring She sees God in the sunrise that paints the roofs of everything she runs with the wind of the morning she taps on my window and I’m awake
10.
Time, my tethered umbilical cord, is a rope to the places and people I am living for and to my hope Disconnects me from my longings and from my home Sees me come and go on little voyages — distant shores Breath of our lungs — like wetted paper cups — contract and expand in their dual little witnesses of the facts Are my words watering the roots of your heart, or is there lack? Cause the birds we’re setting free daily out of our mouths come back I heard it say: All flesh is grass It devours with a mouth that never fasts Do we build our lives on anything that lasts? Time for seven billion of us to learn love in place of the gentle caress and ease of wickedness — saving face Time for these drying bodies to jump in, get wet Cause the river is rushing — wants to swallow us — the river of death
11.
Meant 04:18
Teach me your heart Show me where to find all the secrets there the ones you know are mine Let’s take this risk that says our love is young that says we’re foolish Let’s prove them wrong Cause I was meant to love you the way you should be loved Place your hand in mine for the love and friendship there Let’s adventure out past the arcing line He said: Follow this one thing Love one another as I have loved you as I died for you When we bow our heads nevermore to wake our love’s a garland there whose flowers never fade
12.
No Answers 05:45
There are no answers in the pages Endless lines where we wait And our hands plow the furrows Sketching lines on our face And I long for you down roads they’d walk me through But I have grown tired, tired of endless guessing My love, I look for you There are no answers in these pages Only lines where we wait And I stuff my ears to listen Close my eyes to your gaze Do I cast my lots with all, all I have known? Do I refuse the call that brings me back home? And I’ve tossed and turned upon these questions I’ve piled like stones to throw I raise my arm, you raise the invitation: To be loved is to know
13.
Deep Deep 02:58
God of the universe, I look into the darkest part and find a billion stars Come on, how'd you fill that space so many tiny, tiny things things in me things I don't see big and small and far and near and climbing closer to the stars I want to look deep, deep into your heart God of the universe, I look into the darkest part and find a billion stars And all the times I tried to get close you say the kingdom of God is in you, baby
14.
Tonight 03:24
Watch me here alone on the porch with my heart flickering like a torch Do you love me tonight? Do you love me tonight? You’re so far away Little king awake in his head hard to sleep when the queen’s not in bed Know I love you tonight Know I wait for the light the light of your face When you come home we’ll sing in the dark illuminate with a harmony spark Wear a white dress tonight Wear a white dress tonight and say you’re in love I’ll sleep for now with a yawn and a sigh hum a tune to remember you by Oh, I love you tonight Oh, I love you tonight My darling, my wife
15.
Heimweh 01:47

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"Perfect for a hushed afternoon in the season that bears his name." - PASTE Magazine

"Stunning... For fans of Jose Gonzales, Sufjan, Innocence Mission...and just quality modern folk music...don't miss this one!" - Josh Garrels

"Monarch is a romantic wonder in the literary and literal senses of the word." - Independent Clauses

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released November 18, 2014

Adam Love | electric guitar (9)
Amber Mattfield | violin (2, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14)
Cameron Schenk | violin (7, 9, 11)
Elizabeth Ulrich | vocals (2, 3)
Grant Nordean | electric guitar (12)
Jeremy Sheets | cello (8)
Lane Winters | vocals (3, 7, 11, 13, 14)
Megan Walsh | vocals (13)
Trey Davidson | electric bass (5, 10)
Zach Winters | accordion, acoustic guitar, banjo, boots, bottle, cajón, chest, claps, classical guitar, cymbals, dayereh, electric bass, electric guitar, ebow, filing cabinet, guiro, journals, knives, mandolin, mouth, pianos, percushies, sandals, shakers, slaps, snare, suitcase, tables, tambourine, udu, ukulele, vocals, etc.

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All songs written, engineered, recorded & produced by Zach Winters
Additional recording engineering by Lane Winters
Mixed by Zach Winters & Dave Wilton
Mastered by Dave Wilton at St. Ida’s in Lafayette, Colorado
Recorded at The Winters House in the side guest room between October 2013 and July 2014, with some additional recording at The Bonner House

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