Hands, by Soleil Ouimet

Hands

by Soleil Ouimet

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1.	Rabbit 02:13	lyrics	buy track
i'll catch a rabbit falling right out of the sky throw it right back to it's other life the sun will blush to fill in for all of it's pain long dim shadows lay down sing to the pile of blankets left out in the rain there are no harmonies here the bird's voice rings, but too short for my ears to hear all plugged and greedy so far and alone
2.	Red Winged Blackbirds 02:58	lyrics	buy track
thoughts of red winged blackbirds and all i have left to learn daylight at last, sleep hard to break cuff up my pant leg, pouring with empathy rain as I drive out david's home pacing and closing only six feet of me -- selectively give i've had no luck with the rocks in the door sand in my mouth lest the water be pure clothes on the ground leaves on the trees hide in the house hide on my back nobody leaves
3.	Hands/Gulls 01:54	lyrics	buy track
take up your last time in hand still hanging harder than it was you broke the best and never left without the things you never said in the ground under your nose in lonely pockets full of shells and taste your breath your feet still wet mutter crazy like the gulls tongues twist and hands that know tongues twist and hands that know
4.	Pork Farmer 03:09	lyrics	buy track
tell the pork farmer i've not been crying eyes only swollen still the road holds the daisies vastly growin' and the sky holds the buzzards wing--as the road it left the sun laughed the first as ragweed spread to big lands all over again imposters of bettering friends fresh blood of the dead on shoulders rest we think-- what was made to hold me what was made to hold me what was made to hold me what was made to hold me what was made to hold me tell the pork farmer i've not been crying eyes only swollen
5.	Broomsedge 03:02	lyrics	buy track
moon's almost full lay the broomsedge under my bones warmth from the wool hang from the hairs upon your head why have the leaves fallen from the trees late into the spring cold water rush, feeling not enough feeling not enough my body wants so much--more of bright situations touched--with sore love with--sore love with--more love purpose and path, hold my hands tenderly kept pursuasional, pull myself close to brush up against it recollect a gift from the end tell the story again and again tell the story again and again tell the story again
6.	Roadside's Flight 03:07	lyrics	buy track
she lost her hands she cried ever after always after then honeysuckle vine, the glass, and the roses thorn inside the blood falling after neatly in a line so tell her why not go goldenrod, the roadside's flight she knows dark fades into morning light and the mist it floats shaped her hands like birds so they follow came down like stones life throws itself in sorrow feels like she chose this she lost her hands she cried ever after always after then she cried ever after always after then
7.	New Moon Blueberry Mead 03:10	lyrics	buy track
i haven't talked with anyone i haven't left my house in a while and the mountains are hovering with a breeze that is following bowl full of blood and a sky that's so dark bubbling over these cloudy old stars birth of a being infusion and daydream slowly beginning stirring and spinning stirring and spinning stirring and spinning mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmMMMmmmm (-:
8.	Deep Dark Forest 01:35	lyrics	buy track
i see the deep dark forest falling apart growing beneath what we shall not see the wind takes the leaves to be part of the ground part of the tree in round, part of the tree in round the birds call to counter the still of the air lay down right there and wait for them to sing and wait for them to sing bright as the broad ripple reflects the sun you are the one who answers all to be you are the one who answers all to be
9.	Little Cricket 03:18	lyrics	buy track
little cricket bound and fly the wren and the hermit thrush will watch each other grow as they watch each other go scan the landscape fall in the mud the green disappearing quickly as the cold begins to flood there is nothing to be done deep valley climb up the mountain side pouring rain make sure your foot falls right little cricket bund and fly the wren and the hermit thrush will watch each other grow as they watch each other go
10.	Talk to the Dead 03:24	lyrics	buy track
talk to the dead know they haven't left yet screech owls sing their cries alive they promise to keep you safe as the winter migrates closer and closer i don't have the words for this feel with your feet when the night's too dark to see broken branches scattered leaves notice the ground you're willing to reach out closer and closer i don't have the words for this i don't have the words for this still trusting that it exists there is nothing that we could miss
11.	Downy Woodpecker 02:32	lyrics	buy track
downy woodpecker calling in the morning gliding from tree to tree symphonies left of my mourning, of my mourning my memory speaks to me like the world's gone so challenging to believe that it's alright this is good soft tender fingertips calming in the morning feeling the warmth on my chest it's relieving my mourning, all my mourning this memory speaks to me like the sun is out flowering and with ease so it's alright this is good this is good this is good this is good this is good
12.	Crushed 02:42	lyrics	buy track
i have been crushed i have been crushed by myself, by my seasons it's so tough to be all alone we expect so much we're going so slow cutting the plants with my knife learning to leave an old life behind and see truth in it's place i'm surrounded in grace i have been crushed i have been crushed but myself, she gets up and the winters just roll away not much longer now we'll see the new day cutting the plants with my knife
13.	Long Leaf Pine 03:51	lyrics	buy track
cast it out on the florida sands dig a hole with your hands dig a hole with your hands hearing the whirling moving sounds light on my mind, stars, and the long pine around me dew on my eyes around me robins are flying flying mmmmm mmmmmm and we'll walk just as slow as we can watch them land watch them land cast it out on the florida sands dig a hole with your hands dig a hole dig a hole with your hands dig a hole with your hands

about

Hands is a series of songs all displayed in order of when they were written. A diary of sorts that delivers imagery of a dreamy forested landscape. Songs of transition and sorrow. Soleil Ouimet offers strong vocal melodies that convey the emotion of the times behind each song, times of climbing the mossy ridges of the North Carolina mountains, times of discovery of self in the Georgia pine woods. Close your eyes, wander through the wooded thicket. Become entangled by the plants, creatures, and weather.

credits

released March 23, 2020

Thank you to the woods. For showering me in questions. For the connection that I found walking on this earth--to spirit and myself. By existing outside for so long that I was able to write things that tuned in my awareness to the changes and phases of seasons. Because of the forests that I explored and lived in I see clearly the movement of emotion that comes up from the plant's roots and down with the summer downpours.

Thank you to the loved ones I've held and have held me, inspiring the songs on this album. Thank you for all the feelings that gave me art and song in their place.

Thank you to all those that came before me gifting me music and imagery.

Thank you to my family for creating me and raising me inside of an expressive environment.

Thank you to all living things on this earth--the stones, the fire, the breath, and the purpose.

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Music and lyrics written by Soleil Ouimet

Album art designed by Soleil Ouimet

Recording, Mixing and Mastering by Luke Snyder in Lexington, KY

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Soleil Ouimet Asheville, North Carolina

Soleil Ouimet is a singer songwriter that follows the transitions of the earth. Captivating feeling of place and time within their songs. Soothing melodies are full of emotion and bring you through a daily practice of wandering and curiosity.

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