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Last Watch of the Nightingale

by Odd Logic

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Last Watch 06:17
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GARDEN OF THORNS All this time away at sea Torn between the loves of my life Point me south when my journey's done Imagine me close to home, will you But navigate until then We must sail on Cover my eyes and paint me a picture Show me a place I want to be Feeling surprise, it's not what I pictured A garden of thorns like nothing I've seen If I never come back again It's because I faced the reckoning The way to New Monta is here A nation of legend and force But first we must leave Trader's Isle And make our way through the dawn Dancing on a sea so still Calming is the night I feel Humbled witness to all things I long for and... Oh, midnight on a sea so still The world has never been so real One wrong turn and we're all going down Our hearts run aground But faith will not falter Hold tight when the wind starts to howl Keep eyes on the bow We'll all come out somehow Cover my eye and paint me a picture Show me a place I want to be I found a place it looks like your picture But I feel that I'm lost, now that I'm here
3.
Absence 05:30
ABSENCE I'm sitting on a tall ship thinking of you Would you notice that I've got a clean pair of shoes I do If I could say anything, just look at the stars It's a perilous journey but I've come this far Thinking about you, I know you know me well Riding the ocean, I feel alive and well But night brings a story, one that I often tell The one where I miss you while absence is here Today I can nearly hear you singing to me Do you listen for the whisper of our words on the sea I do If I could say anything, just look at the stars It's a perilous journey but I've come this far If you never see me Then you'll know that I've surely let you down I'll prove that I love you Cause you'll see our 'gale in the sky I'll be sitting on a stone bench waiting for you Will you notice that I've ruined these pair of shoes I do
4.
CHANCE OF GODS What does it mean if I see no stars Help me to breath if I labor to sound the call Sunfall and dreams, fog and mist, it's day 5 In deep thought below, sail and deck, tonight How will this night end? Now I know, and I know very well That my soul belongs to the chance of Gods I run for her, I sail for me, and return for peace Coming storm, I can see you Precious time we'll spend together Voices call, take your places, maybe forever Look to the night, call out to those you long for
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DREAMING IN COLOR I know my eyes are not certain Blinded by scenery Out cold and haunted by pictures Fear for not me but my memories Corridors of water lead my way Bright as fire and stained in blood Shout your name to get me through this night It is the first time dreaming in color I'm dreaming in color now (Dreaming, at life's end, dreaming) Lies and lovers taking life away Strangers staring with my heart on a plate Creatures come to carry me away Gods are gawking as I wash away Hope to see you, when I wake up Want to hold you, in a room of white Hope to see you again, when our days are up It will be the greatest day, in another life
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OF THE NIGHTINGALE Fall down All drown Drown within me Some things reuse to change Some things are lost in the world Some things return the same Like circles Faith, repent, please, exception forgive, regret, these may be my last words Love, pain, desperate, deserve Relief, alone, words I sing like a nightingale I am at war with myself Cursing the life that took me away from you I'm the captain of the last watch of the Nightingale
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Sorrow 04:09
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BOUNDARY DIVISION Full go into the storm, it is now or never I know the longer we go we will reach the moonlight shining Embrace the quickening pace, we will use it's power We face the eternal race to sail right through the eye Hello, my hands, we know the meaning of our life Breathe in, breathe out, we'll find the boundary division We know, we never know, the fate of every night Don't let go Hello, hello, we know the meaning of our life Hello, hello, we'll find the boundary division We know, we never know, the fate of every night Don't let go Feel the water hurry by Living a lifetime in a beat of my heart Reaching for my nightingale's cage Open the door she flies away Hell is cold, may the sun warm your way And my other 'gail, is going down with the one she trusted And now I know I watch you above me I watch you above me I'll be away for a little while I'll be sailing below the sea I'll be away for a little while Thinking of you I've been on top of the earth for so long But now I am under the boundary I'll be away for a little while I'll be sailing below the sea I'll be away for a little while To the boundary division I'm in a place A place without sorrow, at peace with my soul Still, I will be here Longing for your smile, remembering life Resting on my nightingale It is one of three loves in my heart The second flies to the only place Where my truest love awaits Hope takes to the sky With songs of trust and truth But I wonder, if she'll find home When all is said and done One nightingale for each of us to cling to Me and you Resting in my ship below It is one of three loves in my heart The second flies home To my 'Lia, my Anlia Flying home again, through dark light She'll be home again with my heart And I'm in a place without sorrow Silent shadow a long way down Ghostly songs will be sung With undertows and energy Open water will carry you Over my home Settled into the darkness I sit and wait for your vessel's hull A hundred miles below you A different shade of life We made up our minds tonight We're going to rule inside her Taking toll from the ones who lead down this passage of mine And I'm home again without light Finding home again in my heart Now I'm in a place without sorrow Silent shadow way down Hello, to all who know the meaning of their life To those who dare to find the boundary division You know we never know the fate of every night So go on and... Welcome home!

about

The music for Last Watch of the Nightingale was largely written in 2017 after the release of Effigy. The first completed demos for what would end up being about 80% of the album were finished in February of 2018. We then took the next 6 months to evaluate and exchange detailed feedback on the demos. By September 2018, the foundation for the entire album was solidified. The first tracks began on September 3, 2018. The last track was laid down September 1, 2019. The album was worked on a total of 190 different days between those dates.

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Track Listing:

Last Watch
Garden of Thorns
Absence
Chance of Gods
Dreaming in Color
Of The Nightingale
Sorrow
Boundary Division

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Fun Facts:

This release includes more instrumental pieces than any other Logic record. Last Watch and Of The Nightingale are one song split into two, even though separated by 6 tracks, and are largely instrumental. Sorrow is also entirely vocal free. Boundary Division is the longest song in Odd Logic's discography, coming in at 23 minutes. Absence is very much influenced by Sean's favorite rock band King's X. Last Watch of the Nightingale has many different meanings for this story. More than one nightingale is not a flock, it is a "watch".

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Concept:

The details of the story unfold within the physical CD booklet. If you will not be getting the physical disc at some point, email the band directly for the inside story art and lyrics.

In summary, a long time ship captain of trade, Jengu, departs from his wife for one last journey on his faithful ship Nightingale. Each song brings he and his crew deeper into an unusual storm, eventually bringing the captain to a state of anxiety and comatose dreaming. At the point of submersion, he uses his last energy to release his caged Nightingale that wife Anlia gave him for protection on his long sea adventures. The bird arrives home, and because it has reappeared, Anlia knows the fate of her husband. The journals and shipping records were recovered for both husband and wife, and are included within the CD artwork. They are key to filling in the rest of the story.

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credits

released September 28, 2019

Sean Thompson- Guitar, Bass, Keys, Vocals
Pete Hanson- Drums, Gutterals

Mixed, Mastered, Produced by Sean Thompson

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