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We Found Prester John

by Prester John

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Do you remember how it started? Don’t be so sure that you can sit it out ‘Cause I remember that I said goodbye And I start to wonder Do you still feel the way we used to feel? And if I touch you will we stick together? For we will always feel like this Will we be writing forever? And will we say I remember you You remember me We may still end up Like Abelard and Heloise And it just goes to show you The more things change The more they stay the same It’s true So there are times when you will curse your luck And you may think that you’re alone with your thoughts But there are those who will comfort you And you can say to them... I remember him He remembers me But if we still end up Like Abelard and Heloise Well it just goes to show you The more things change The more they stay the same It’s true
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Meatbelt 04:01
Walked through the rain love, for you Or was it for me? I know only, I don’t know Fall at the bed’s feet and weep Am I sad now? Am I glad though? I don’t know Did I say that I loved you Before? No I backed out but I know now, that I know For, I sit here and hold back the tears Feels like years love, feels like years since we kissed When you said that, you’d never see me again And I cried out, but I know now, that was when…
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A Sky Apart 05:33
If there is a day when you’re lonely We are only just a little sky apart And in the night when I’m cold We don’t get old, we just drift at heart So say hello to the summer And goodbye to the rain And that lonely refrain Because the Sun changes everything And you can’t just frown ‘Cause you’ll only stay proud For once I was struggling I was muddling my way through it all But one of these years Some of these tears did dry And you don’t have to try You only have to see that if you say goodbye to the rain and hello to today… Because the Sun changes everything And if the Sun changes everything Then you can’t just frown ‘cause you’ll only stay proud Let's say the day must come round again And the Sun changes everything
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In my dream I could face the day And I wished my year away And to think that they said Things would get better in time Not tonight would I cry I won’t watch those days go by no more For I swore to myself Things would be better with time All through the night Fakes at home And through their windows I could see That not by ourselves can we be better Maybe together we might be You might say that I’m blind You might think that my mind has gone And lapsed into a dream But by our dreams we are freed And when I awake I found myself where I’ve always been And not a cloud in the sky Not a shard of that past where it lay Not a line on a map Or a time difference can keep blind hope at bay For now and then I can see that sunrise peaking over the mountain I might take my days And live them more than I count them For by our dreams we are freed
5.
My love is tired and it’s no secret I’m more lost than found All of the words that I speak, they’re just hollow sounds to me Every time I think “oh life is grand” There’s a whisper, just before it’s gets out of hand And we’re once more unto the breach my friend One small sniff of that Autumn wind And we both come running back again You can’t pretend it’s too soon That it’s not the moon For though there were times when the Sun was high I wouldn’t say he’s alone in that sky, oh no Now that there’s time I lift my eyes to the moon And I can see how it’s tied me to you All of those signs that my mind might have moved I couldn’t see for my eyes were on the moon Yes there were times when the Sun was high I wouldn’t say he’s alone in that sky All of those days and all of the nights I have tried with all of my might to choose Then if it’s not the moon, let it be you
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It came over the hill Right then the villagers ran away All of my life I threatened to stray Over the hill It came over the hill Cautious but willing to bare it’s claws Not for a moment Had I thought for pause As I made for the hill And when I thought What would God do for them that he couldn’t for me As they made for the bridge I yearned for the sea And the faster I ran the more the beast followed on Still I ran strong, far from the shore and over the hill It came over the hill Plastered and ready for rage And in my heart I built it a cage If you want me to stand guard I will It came over the hill
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All of the days were laughing All of the nights were shy of sound But when those shades came down at last There was no past All of those miles are nothing at all Most of those smiles are trying to frown I know But when my eyes look down they see Now is not for me Life is mine to hold Only the told get old And that’s not for me Let’s play house Now that it ours And let’s just get lost at last For here there’s no past All of my paper’s been blotted And the score card has been marked And in Krapp’s tape we spotted a spark But that was not for me Life is ours to hold Only the told get old And that’s not for me So, let’s play house Now that it’s finally ours And let’s just get lost at last For here, there’s no past
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The Legendary Prester John is back! Seven years in the making and we’ve finally found Prester John but what's seven years when you've already waited 875? October 23rd, 2020 will see the release of “We Found Prester John”.

Drawing on everything from medieval history to the exploration of space for its inspiration, “We Found Prester John” is an album about trauma, recovery and hope against the odds that owes its musical influences to everything from Bowie to Department of Eagles, Neil Young to Al Green and Man Man to Holst. Beginning as a full-band rock album and ending as an orchestrated strings piece, Prester John hopes to have created music that links genres rather than comfortably fitting into them.

We Found Prester John features a number of Irish musicians from various musical backgrounds including Bazz O’Reilly and Aidan Mc Kelvey (The Gandhis), Caimin Gilmore (Sun Collective), Jethro Pickett, Aaron Mc Grattan (Strike Action / Disco Participation Matrix / Terrible) and Leigh Duncan.

The album release is accompanied by a new video from Ursula Woods for the album’s third track A Sky Apart. Though it was filmed before the pandemic, the themes of recovery and hope in the face of the relentless march of time ring especially true.

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released October 23, 2020

Lisa Dowdell: Viola
Leigh Duncan: Vocals
Caimin Gilmore: Vocals, Bass, Electric Bass, String Arrangements
Aaron Mc Grattan: Guitar
Aidan Mc Kelvey: Vocals, Guitar
Bazz O’Reilly: Vocals, Drums
Elina O’Rourke: Violin
Lioba Petrie: Cello
Jethro Pickett: Guitar, Keys

All songs written by Prester John
Recorded by Andy Knightley (K Recording)
Mixed by Steve Shannon at Experimental Audio Dublin
Mastered by Stephen Quinn at Analog Heart
Graphic Design by Manuel Morente

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Prester John Dublin, Ireland

Drawing on everything from medieval history to space exploration for inspiration, Prester John aim to create music that links genres rather than fitting into them.

Prester John features a number of Irish musicians including Bazz O’Reilly and Aidan McKelvey (The Gandhis), Caimin Gilmore (Sun Collective), Jethro Pickett, and Aaron McGrattan (Strike Action/Disco Participation Matrix/Terrible).
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