Name: Habit Yourself to the Dazzle
Duration: P00H03M19S
Description: This song features lyrics taken from Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman. The track was originally written and recorded at the Ragley Cabin on Vancouver Island, BC, in the summer of 2004.

Habit Yourself to the Dazzle

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This song features lyrics taken from Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman. The track was originally written and recorded at the Ragley Cabin on Vancouver Island, BC, in the summer of 2004.

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I have heard what the talkers were talking, talk of the beginning and end
But I do not talk
Of the beginning or the end

There was never any more // inception than there is now
Nor any more youth or age than there is now
Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now

Urge and urge and urge and urge
Always the procreant urge of the world of the world

Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul not my soul not my soul

This day before dawn I ascended a hill and look'd at the crowded heav’n

And I said to my spirit when we become the enfolders of those orbs
and the pleasure and knowledge of every thing in them, shall we be satisfied?
And my spirit said 'No' we but level that lift to pass and continue beyond

You’re asking me questions and I hear you
I answer you must find out for yourself

Long enough you have dreamt contemptible dreams
Habit yourself to the dazzle of light and every moment of life

Long have you timidly waded holding a plank by the shore
Now I will you / to be a bold swimmer, to jump off in the midst of the sea
rise again, nod to me, shout
and laughingly dash with your hair

Urge and urge and urge and urge
Always the procreant urge of the world of the world

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released July 9, 2022

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Highwood Atlas Ottawa, Ontario

Highwood Atlas
weaves together guitar, piano, subdued vocals and a wide range of samples to make dreamy, nostalgic songs that subtly blend genres.

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