"BucketHat" Bobby Matheson - Time Enough At Last (Vellichor)

from SpinTunes 20 Round 2 by Spintunes

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about

The idea for the song was hatched live on Twitch, where CynicalMonkey pulled word prompts from a Readers Digest list of "The most beautiful words in the english language".
I chose a word from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig.
From there, we took to the discord server to write the rest of the song.

lyrics

Words escape me,
I think maybe
It's hard to try define it

A quiet grace,
A sacred space,
and the feeling that's behind it

Koenig prescribed
words to describe
the feelings webster missed

of halfway-homes
for weathered tomes
and their trademark brand of wist;

Vellichor

There's mystery
that lies between
these pre-owned leather covers

Fantasy
and History
And the poetry of lovers

Excitement yet,
some vague regret
still lives within these pages

And you can feel
something that's real
passed down throughout the ages

Vellichor

*Spoken*
In every town across this land
There lies a crooked street.
Buried at its heart, a store
Where fate and fortune meet.
Wonders await for you inside,
A treasure to be shown.
In a place you’ve never been before,
Yet one you've always known

Vellichor

credits

from SpinTunes 20 Round 2, released April 4, 2023
Lyrics by BucketHatBobby & CynicalMonkey
Music by BucketHatBobby
Spoken Interlude by CynicalMoney
Special thanks to Cynical Monkey, WeGoChrome and FyreofShadow for their input and support.

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