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Gone is the Traveller

from Estren by TEYR

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about

The words and melody of this song came to Dominic in the late summer of 2018. Heavily inspired by his love of storytelling and symbolism, he created a character – the Traveller – to represent the imagination and its ambling spirit. Our imaginations are frail however, and guided by our instincts. They can be whittled down and diminished by the stresses of everyday life, from expectations put upon us and through fear. Fighting these adversaries off will take its toll, but to win back our freedom of expression and thought is a prize certainly worth fighting for.

lyrics

Gone is the traveller,
Where has his soul gone?
Like the wind on the hills;
Now the soft grass it dances no more.
“A storm came”, said he, “and it took me away”,
To a land he cannot see clear.
He sits now with the thoughts he holds dear,
Wondering where to go.

Cold are the hours,
At first light in summers’ hue.
And the frost melts with no haste,
Nor, for him, the cycles resume.
For the bleakest night and the hardest rain,
He yearns for these too;
For any moment passing,
Would bring on a spring anew.

He waltzed with Father Time.
He played with Madame Sin.
And the fall coming to him quickened,
As the dark tides they crept in.
But no one could see, he pushed them away,
And the young man held his head high.
But the spell hung on him still,
Waiting and biding its time.

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from Estren, released April 30, 2021
Guests: Ruth Corey (vocals), Flora Curzon (violin), Amy Jane Fisher (viola), Nina Harries (double bass), Holly Harman (violin)

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TEYR London, UK

Folk trio TEYR evolved out of London’s thriving session scene, combining bothy ballads, focsle shanties, folk tunes and Irish poetry. Their unique blend of voices and instruments draws links between the many sounds of the Celtic and British isles.

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