- *O sleeper* While the weary nations weep Awakening me from a dream I see the moonlight steal across my sheets My love is lying fast asleep Chasing its beams She stirs, and then she turns her back to me The clouds overhead open up For the wicked and just all the same And lay low the hills, so to fill Every valley below to the brim But like the sun that turns the sky Illuminating all, in time The tables in the temple will be turned on their side And just as it scorches up the dunes Beneath the height of noon The pillars of the empire will be burned, in kind And by the holy rock I stand As blessed as the sacred ram I see the trail of shoulders I've climbed over, but By god, I'll bloody up my hands With everything I am To cut away the mountains I've made And fill the dales below - *Grow* Between the seams that line your living room A vine of ivy's pushing her way through And as she creeps along, she sinks her roots Into the cracks, and pulls 'em back until the structure's coming loose And the way the shadows on the wall are cast Look like a twisted apparition from the past And all the memories come flooding fast A wilderness you kinda miss But were taught you ought to cut it back So you shut it out You shout it down Until you're all white-knuckled You got a lot to learn, if you'd settle down Let be what is, let be what isn't It's a natural world in which we're living And if you let it alone, it will surely grow Just leave it alone, child, and let it go And when all your ziggurats have crumbled down And every stone is thrown like seeds across the ground A new Arcadia will come around And multiply until the binds of death have been unwound So don't you shut it out Don't you shout it down And get your feathers ruffled You got a lot to learn, if you'd just settle down And let the river run its course 'Cause see, the ground all around It was always holy Leave the ruins where they fall Leave them all And let the wild take over Let be what is, let be what isn't It's a natural world in which we're living And if you let it alone, it will surely grow Just leave it alone, child, and let it go Let be what is, let be what isn't It's a natural world in which we're living And if you let it alone, it will surely grow Just leave it alone, child, and let it go - *Eurus* Spinning that stone uphill again Like atonement for a bygone sin Under the weight of it, my bones Cracking like a dry branch in a westward wind But Zeus and his pantheon of kin Take the first nine out of every ten Minas, like lightning changing hands It all returns back to his pockets, in the end You can't take any gold or rings further than the grave Nothing we make can we bring But still the bait hanging from the string is calling my name And like the wind it slips again Out of my fingers As Fortuna sits idly by I spin her wheel with all my might Crushing my kin for warring-wage Minted from the ivory of your tooth and eye Under the table where she dines I sit hungry with my mouth foamed white Fighting for crumbs that trickle down As she finishes her cake, then takes a bite from mine You can't take any gold or rings further than the grave Nothing we make can we bring But still the bait hanging from the string is calling my name And like the wind it slips again Out of my fingers - *Hieroglyphs* Stamping your heels along with the drum Praying the serpent's underneath one of them Like there's some villain left to defeat Instead of a dance with a rhythm and beat 'Cause you've been too busy thinking ahead Of where we're all going after we're dead To maybe consider our bodies are worth More than the dust that we can return To the ground again We turn that old wheel round again Well, even the great celestial hieroglyphs Are bodies of dust illuminated, and if The heavens can be both sacred and dust Oh, maybe so can the rest of us 'Cause I've seen the line of ocean and shore The tumbling tide of water and soil And I've seen the day's fading begin The gradient wake of the sun that spins Around again It'll burn that old wheel down in the end - *Passerine* Like carillon bells, the house of Augustus rings With the echoing hymn of my fellow passerine, they took to it Like a fox to a burrow, like an eagle to an aerie And my god, it's getting hard to even hum a single thing You were the song that I'd always sing You were the light that the fire would bring But I can't shake this feeling that I was only Pushing the spear into your side again See, my birds of a kind, they more and more are looking like Centurions than any little messiah And as I prune my feathers like leaves from a vine I find that we have fewer and fewer in kind, but My palms and fingers still reek of gasoline From throwing fuel to the fire of that Greco-Roman dream Purifying the holy rock to melt the gilded seams It don't bring me relief, no it don't bring me nothing that You were the song that I'd always sing You were the light that the fire would bring But I can't shake this feeling that I was only Pushing the spear into your side again And again and again When he comes a knocking at my door What am I to do, What am I to do, oh lord When the cold wind rolls in form the north What am I to do, What am I to do, oh lord When he comes a knocking at my door What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord When the cold wind rolls in form the north What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord When he comes a knocking at my door What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord When the cold wind rolls in form the north What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
I do plan on doing Boreas and Notos! I've just been really busy recently and dont have a whole ton of money with which to buy albums (I want to give the Oh Hellos money before I upload their albums in entirety lol) but yea! as soon as I have the braincells required to put them together I plan on uploading the other two albums! I'll probably make a playlist too, or even a longer video of all four of them, depending on interest
Couldn't figure out why this sounded different to the version I bought off Itunes ages ago and it seems they remastered it since? Shifted volume around on some tracks and added things like the echo in the refrain of passerine. Wasn't sure how to find full details so I just bought all four winds again to be sure I had all the versions.
:0 that's so interesting! I didn't know they remade it- this is the version I got off bandcamp, just for reference. maybe there's different versions on different platforms? thanks for letting me know!!
Not sure if you figured out already, but there was a 2017 master! You can still find the old masters on bandcamp (now with a white/silver cover instead). The reason why they remastered is because they feel like the original mix isn't at the same quality as the later two albums, Boreas and Zephyrus. Their new sound mixer Charlie did the remaster for Notos and Eurus. The band said they didn't add any new tracks, but did shift the volumes and stuff.
I'm sorry to everyone who was expecting a long album from this band. This piece only includes two songs that I feel more comfortable saying this is an EP rather than an album. A 17 minutes Longs song compose of various tunes and melodies. And passerine.
the four winds is a full album comprised of four EPs, and one of the entire points is that everything "blows" together like wind. so it all sounds similar and motifs come back every so often
- *O sleeper*
While the weary nations weep
Awakening me from a dream
I see the moonlight steal across my sheets
My love is lying fast asleep
Chasing its beams
She stirs, and then she turns her back to me
The clouds overhead open up
For the wicked and just all the same
And lay low the hills, so to fill
Every valley below to the brim
But like the sun that turns the sky
Illuminating all, in time
The tables in the temple will be turned on their side
And just as it scorches up the dunes
Beneath the height of noon
The pillars of the empire will be burned, in kind
And by the holy rock I stand
As blessed as the sacred ram
I see the trail of shoulders I've climbed over, but
By god, I'll bloody up my hands
With everything I am
To cut away the mountains I've made
And fill the dales below
- *Grow*
Between the seams that line your living room
A vine of ivy's pushing her way through
And as she creeps along, she sinks her roots
Into the cracks, and pulls 'em back until the structure's coming loose
And the way the shadows on the wall are cast
Look like a twisted apparition from the past
And all the memories come flooding fast
A wilderness you kinda miss
But were taught you ought to cut it back
So you shut it out
You shout it down
Until you're all white-knuckled
You got a lot to learn, if you'd settle down
Let be what is, let be what isn't
It's a natural world in which we're living
And if you let it alone, it will surely grow
Just leave it alone, child, and let it go
And when all your ziggurats have crumbled down
And every stone is thrown like seeds across the ground
A new Arcadia will come around
And multiply until the binds of death have been unwound
So don't you shut it out
Don't you shout it down
And get your feathers ruffled
You got a lot to learn, if you'd just settle down
And let the river run its course
'Cause see, the ground all around
It was always holy
Leave the ruins where they fall
Leave them all
And let the wild take over
Let be what is, let be what isn't
It's a natural world in which we're living
And if you let it alone, it will surely grow
Just leave it alone, child, and let it go
Let be what is, let be what isn't
It's a natural world in which we're living
And if you let it alone, it will surely grow
Just leave it alone, child, and let it go
- *Eurus*
Spinning that stone uphill again
Like atonement for a bygone sin
Under the weight of it, my bones
Cracking like a dry branch in a westward wind
But Zeus and his pantheon of kin
Take the first nine out of every ten
Minas, like lightning changing hands
It all returns back to his pockets, in the end
You can't take any gold or rings further than the grave
Nothing we make can we bring
But still the bait hanging from the string is calling my name
And like the wind it slips again
Out of my fingers
As Fortuna sits idly by
I spin her wheel with all my might
Crushing my kin for warring-wage
Minted from the ivory of your tooth and eye
Under the table where she dines
I sit hungry with my mouth foamed white
Fighting for crumbs that trickle down
As she finishes her cake, then takes a bite from mine
You can't take any gold or rings further than the grave
Nothing we make can we bring
But still the bait hanging from the string is calling my name
And like the wind it slips again
Out of my fingers
- *Hieroglyphs*
Stamping your heels along with the drum
Praying the serpent's underneath one of them
Like there's some villain left to defeat
Instead of a dance with a rhythm and beat
'Cause you've been too busy thinking ahead
Of where we're all going after we're dead
To maybe consider our bodies are worth
More than the dust that we can return
To the ground again
We turn that old wheel round again
Well, even the great celestial hieroglyphs
Are bodies of dust illuminated, and if
The heavens can be both sacred and dust
Oh, maybe so can the rest of us
'Cause I've seen the line of ocean and shore
The tumbling tide of water and soil
And I've seen the day's fading begin
The gradient wake of the sun that spins
Around again
It'll burn that old wheel down in the end
- *Passerine*
Like carillon bells, the house of Augustus rings
With the echoing hymn of my fellow passerine, they took to it
Like a fox to a burrow, like an eagle to an aerie
And my god, it's getting hard to even hum a single thing
You were the song that I'd always sing
You were the light that the fire would bring
But I can't shake this feeling that I was only
Pushing the spear into your side again
See, my birds of a kind, they more and more are looking like
Centurions than any little messiah
And as I prune my feathers like leaves from a vine
I find that we have fewer and fewer in kind, but
My palms and fingers still reek of gasoline
From throwing fuel to the fire of that Greco-Roman dream
Purifying the holy rock to melt the gilded seams
It don't bring me relief, no it don't bring me nothing that
You were the song that I'd always sing
You were the light that the fire would bring
But I can't shake this feeling that I was only
Pushing the spear into your side again
And again and again
When he comes a knocking at my door
What am I to do, What am I to do, oh lord
When the cold wind rolls in form the north
What am I to do, What am I to do, oh lord
When he comes a knocking at my door
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
When the cold wind rolls in form the north
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
When he comes a knocking at my door
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
When the cold wind rolls in form the north
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
Oh my stars, thank you sm!! Aaa
You're actually a legend!
Oh I love you
The cuts are so clean omg I love how once Dry Branches starts it turns into a singular mega-song.
Honestly the whole album is put together into a huge mega song, it's so cool!
@@bobb_boy ikr aaaaaaaaaah its so goooood
@@dudeman1983 eurus by far my fav(especially put together like this)
Now you must do Notus and Boreas. It is legally required.
O Sleeper: 0:00
Dry Branches: 4:15
Grow: 5:13
Eurus: 8:46
A Convocation of Fauns: 11:48
Hieroglyphs: 12:48
Passerine: 15:49
Thank You! 🍉🐻❄️
I LOVE THIS, greetings from Poland
RETURN OF THE KING!!!
Aw HELL YEAH I've been waiting forever for this!
ur the only person ever to make use of the instrumentals/transitions the best thank you SO much for providing these
I do plan on doing Boreas and Notos! I've just been really busy recently and dont have a whole ton of money with which to buy albums (I want to give the Oh Hellos money before I upload their albums in entirety lol)
but yea! as soon as I have the braincells required to put them together I plan on uploading the other two albums! I'll probably make a playlist too, or even a longer video of all four of them, depending on interest
@@caseykay9596 ohh!!! I see, that makes a lot of sense!! thanks a bunch for all the effort!
Damn. This already starts at 110% and just keeps getting better!
I'm glad the divine algorithm decided to lead me to your channel and this band today I get such good vibes from their music
This playlist is SO amazing!😊
I love this band so much
please do this with the other albums
Thank you for this!!
Omg Love ❤️ so talented
Underrated AF
Couldn't figure out why this sounded different to the version I bought off Itunes ages ago and it seems they remastered it since? Shifted volume around on some tracks and added things like the echo in the refrain of passerine. Wasn't sure how to find full details so I just bought all four winds again to be sure I had all the versions.
:0 that's so interesting! I didn't know they remade it- this is the version I got off bandcamp, just for reference. maybe there's different versions on different platforms? thanks for letting me know!!
Not sure if you figured out already, but there was a 2017 master! You can still find the old masters on bandcamp (now with a white/silver cover instead). The reason why they remastered is because they feel like the original mix isn't at the same quality as the later two albums, Boreas and Zephyrus. Their new sound mixer Charlie did the remaster for Notos and Eurus. The band said they didn't add any new tracks, but did shift the volumes and stuff.
I love how half of Oh Hellos fans are Christian and the other half are queer
everyone is queer in some way before they become christian
There's also some pagans and DnD players, but then again, point me to one of them that's not queer
Pog
I'm sorry to everyone who was expecting a long album from this band. This piece only includes two songs that I feel more comfortable saying this is an EP rather than an album.
A 17 minutes Longs song compose of various tunes and melodies. And passerine.
the four winds is a full album comprised of four EPs, and one of the entire points is that everything "blows" together like wind. so it all sounds similar and motifs come back every so often
Wow I am never buying my music off Amazon Music again. It sounds like a barely mixed trash compared to this.