Hey, lover of mine: are you awake?
I dreamt of green hills and two blue lakes.
The sound of swans, calling as they flew.
Their wings beat the air, two by two in time.
Is it cloudy where you are?
Are the northern lights strumming on the stars?
Play one for me, oh how you touch those strings.
I miss your careful way of doing things in time.
In this fog it’s easy to get lost.
Everything looks silver, raindrop-glossed.
The map is no use and sightlines are few,
but the heart doesn’t lie: the road leads to you in time.
Modern-Classical minimalism meets highly emotive vocals and lyrics on this masterpiece of fragile beauty. In the last years, few albums have moved me as deeply and found their way into my player as regularly as this one. Highly recommended. Dominik Sonders
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