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Birds

by Aaron Strumpel

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1.
Rally 01:11
2.
Angel 04:05
The door's painted red and there's flakes dropping off Something's in my head and it's shaking real hard We just got done and I'm glad to be gone A room full a dirt and a day without sun But you’re coming round, singing my name real loud It’s better than sound, anything I’ve found Seven long years and I’m wiser still Seven dry years and I still can't feel Seven years of words I said all I can say Seven years of wondering I can hardly wait Oh you march right up and you break right in And I can't stop thinking that I’ve seen you before You say my name, my head starts to spin And I’m done, I’m done I’ve been here since the start of my days Praying for angels since my blood's been red You've come for me and you've sung me your song I’m out of my head
3.
1. Your eyes black with tears Are hills of rock and stone Unflinching in the wind Impenetrable to sun Ch. He sings hope into misery, and joy into pain With words of healing, sung like rain He sings light into mud And peace with his blood With melodies of healing Melodies he’s sung To you… 2. Your face wrinkled up Is sand in harsh sun Confused in movement And coming undone 3. Reminders of birth Of your eyes first open Of light’s first intrusion The beginning of desire
4.
Bind Up 01:08
5.
Maybe 03:45
Maybe You have won my love Maybe I will stay with You Maybe I have looked enough Maybe You're the One for me You are here...I want You here... Can You hear...I want You... Maybe You have won my heart Maybe I won't run this time Maybe I'll come close tonight Maybe You're the One for me You are here...I want You here... Can You hear...I want You...
6.
Your work is never finished in my heart I don't know where to start Your love's so startlingly strong Your work is never finished in my mind I wouldn't know where to find A love so blindingly bright There's this thing in my chest I'll try to say it best It's a burning that just started I think it's gonna spread It's you, it's you There's a pounding in my heart It's gonna leave a mark It's a knocking on my door The signal of a start It's you, it's you
7.
I’ll draw my home on your heart Brightest colors just to say who we are I’ll carve my name next to yours Hold your hand it’s how I know you aren’t far I’m yours, you're mine I’ll dance a circle round your heart Watch you smile it’s how I know who you are I’ll sing a song through our days Hear you laugh it’s how know you aren’t far I’m yours, you're mine
8.
Fastly Gone 03:12
It's the things dreams are made of These odds that are wagered In the hands of old winners In the hearts of young lovers It's the things lives are given to Our hearts and hands are given to The work of the fields and seas The nights of the birds and bees It's the days that are fastly gone Where minutes and seconds don't even count In minds that are full of fear Let's fight these thoughts full of fear It's the talking that won't ever count For more than the smiles found In brilliant moments in the sun In breathless moments when we're done
9.
Grandma 03:23
Oh won’t you fall down tonight And rest your weary head With a song and a sigh I know it’s easier to fight than to die See there’s a ladder to the clouds You can go up or you can go down And Jacob’s just awaiting And he’s holding your crown You don’t have to be afraid You don’t have to be alone You can step over death He’s on the way home
10.
Sixty One 04:30
Those who cry their tears unheard Will wash away the ash Those who mourn their prayers unheard Will wear their beauty well You're drenched in gladness And clothed in praise Your arms hold a strength hard won Your roots are planted deep You're built on strength That fire can't destroy Your treasure is found In the ones that you love Your homes are filled with joy
11.
Merciful 01:40
Merciful and Kind You fell down in pain, you are... You fell down, were slain, you are... You are...
 Merciful and Kind
12.
Rave 02:39

about

In April 2009, Aaron Strumpel unlatched his rib cage to let the ELEPHANTS that were housed there stampede freely. Many people were trampled soulfully by those sweat-drenched gut-wrenchers. USA Today and PASTE emerged from underfoot, musically bruised, to give poignant praise like "5 STARS!" and "STUNNING!".

But no sooner had the bandages been removed and washed, then he made the equally dangerous decision to pop open his brain-head to force the world to reckon with the BIRDS that had made their nests a-way up thar. So it came to pass and a decreee went out that all BIRDS, both lumbering and limber wouldst exit Sir Strumpel's nogginland and be digitally transferred onto humanity via some hyper-text internet web-portal.

There are members of class:AVES of every shape and flavor, lilting warblers and shrieking sages using their cooing/cackling vernacular to attack those who have been lulled and loosened enough to forget to remember.

And lest one fears that the appearance of their plumage spells doom for each and every, that the melodious notes are omens to alarm and pierce eardrums only, know this: it is the canary who escapes the coal mine who sings most thankfully.
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REVIEWS:

"Strumpel's previous album, Elephants, was a thundering take on the Psalms; his new one, Birds, is a creature of another kind. This acoustic affair is nimble and light on its feet, but, if anything, even more tempestuous than its predecessor, a gloriously disheveled affair where hoarse vocals, furiously strummed guitars, and primal trumpet blasts meet in a kind of holy hoedown, the messy nature of the performances perfectly conjuring the spirit of the songs. Here, Strumpel takes inspiration from throughout Scripture—and from Song of Solomon, in particular—to bear witness to the chaos and confusion of earthly life, and remind us of the hope and healing we find in our Lover." - Josh Hurst, Christianity Today

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released October 25, 2011

Produced and Engineered by Aaron Strumpel, Todd Fadel, David Wilton at The Dirty Shovel and St. Ida’s Recording Studios.

Mixed and Mastered by David Wilton at St. Ida’s Recording Studio.

The Players: Aaron Strumpel, Todd Fadel, David Wilton, Laurie Thornton, Tim Thornton, Karla Adolphe, Robin Pasley, LaTifah Phillips, Kate Hurley.

Art Direction by PADÀ Supper Club & Lounge. Artwork by Matteo Moore.

© 2011 Thirsty Dirt Records. (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Www.AaronStrumpel.Com

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Aaron Strumpel Boulder, Colorado

Aaron Strumpel is a songwriter based in Boulder, CO.  A collaborator with Enter the Worship Circle, an avante-garde worshipper with his Elephants, Birds, and Vespers, he has been featured in Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, and Paste Magazine.

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