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Through The Valley

by John Eagan

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Some years ago, I made a basic musical decision. I was not doing songs anymore.

For me, personally, I had reached a point where I realized that the song form was not where I wanted to dwell. I made a decision to work in instrumental music, freeing me up in many ways. Among other considerations, I was particularly focused on the very basic idea of music that was universal in the sense that everything about the music was accessible to anyone who could hear it and listened, apart from understanding of a particular spoken language.

Something happened that I was not expecting. I was sitting late one night, listening to an assortment of old tracks. This included some things that were finished, essentially, but so far have not found a destination, and also included partially completed work that had been left stored away. One of them was something I always liked, in its partial form, but had never finished.

I was struck by a growing sense, as I listened, that this was something that needed to finally be complete, whole, and out in the world. There was another element that was apparent. This was a song. There were no words and vocal parts, but those needed to take shape, for this to be complete, whole, what it was supposed to be. It was time to get to work.

Now, finally, here it is, on its own, as a single track.

It has been a long road.

Which, ironically, is essentially what this is about.

lyrics

opening the time
there we are
singing songs of fairytales and
floating with the tide
here we are
at the valley

could be some surprise
never mind
open eyes and do remember
waving at the sky
moving on
to the valley

fading old disguise
there you are
open eyes and do remember
raging at the sky
there we are
in the valley

sing the northern light
raise your eyes
listen to the thunder and
call into the night
walking on
through the valley

hold the holy night
where we are
marvel at the wonder and
fly the higher height
here we are
in the valley

there was some surprise
here we are
listen to the thunder and
praise the morning light
carry on
through the valley

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released July 10, 2019
John Eagan- guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, voices, noises and devices

©℗John Eagan 2019
publishing administered by Microbial Music (BMI)

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John Eagan Toledo, Ohio

Multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Great Lakes region, operating well off the radar of the mass media popular music world.

Exploring; acoustic, electric, electronic, ambient atmospheres, rock songs, wherever it goes. You're invited to go along for the ride, maybe you might find it interesting. ... more

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