Released - May 1, 2011
“I am probably as proud of this song as any I've ever written or recorded. When I sit down and play a guitar, I almost inevitably wind up playing this one. It's a nice progress ion that I like playing. The Windhaven version of it is, I think, Victoria's best vocal performance. She really nailed the feel of the song. A slightly different version is going to show up on In The Fifth Circle, so it's fair to say this is one of my favorites in the catalog. It's mostly just a rumination on the futility of it all, as we try to assign meaning to our days despite knowing, somehow, that none of it really means anything. And yes, grammar Nazis, I know ‘All we are / Is voices in the dark’ is not gramatically correct, but ‘All we are / Are voices in the dark’ doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it?” ~ Wicasta Lovelace
All we are
Is voices in the dark.
All we are
Is faces in the park.
We rise and strive
To make our mark
And find our way back home.
All we are
Is snowflakes in the sun.
All we are
Is rabbits on the run.
In time we learn
To close our eyes
And find our way back home.
Grief’s insanity
Crawls inside of me
All of life cries,
Where goes paradise?
All we are
Is reason without form.
All we are
Is cold, threadbare and worn.
We cry, defy
And rise to try
And find our way back home.
Music & Lyrics: Wicasta Lovelace.
Copyright © 2011: Wicasta Lovelace.
Copyright © 2011: Windhaven Network.
performers
Victoria Sadler Lovelace - lead & backing vocals
Wicasta Lovelace - guitars, bass, sample instruments, drums, programming
production
Wicasta Lovelace - mixing, mastering
facilities
Recorded at The Lair - Saint Petersburg, Florida
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When The Windws Blow was recorded in 2010 and 2011 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, and was released on May 1, 2011.
It was the culmination of a long journey for me and Victoria, in which we tried (rather unsuccessfully) to establish ourselves as an acoustic act in the Tampa Bay music scene. During the recording of the album I basically learned that I'm not really cut out for the acoustic thing, and you can feel it on the album. There's a lot of push and pull between songs that sat rather well as acoustic pieces, and other songs which seemed to want to be larger than that format allowed.
Victoria and I are both conflicted about this album. While we're fiercely proud of it, both of us concede the recording of the album was rushed and there are lots of mistakes which make us both twitch whenever we try to listen to it.
All that said, I think the album contained some great songs and I'm very proud of it. A lot was learned recording these songs, and the experience was vital to who I am now. But it would be fair to say that both Victoria and I regard the album as something of a failed experiment.
~ Wicasta Lovelace
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