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Autumn Hymn

from Sure by Ash & Eric

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about

An “Autumn Hymn” for the disillusioned. When the institutions and systems which once claimed to save us failed us, we walked away from the dogmatic structure we were raised in. We turned to the natural world for a renewed sense of since-lost hope. We lay under the trees and remembered everything we lost. We listened to the cries of the forest, let our feet become rooted in the earth as the birds sang us back into peace. We learned to listen and even sing again in the midst of the silence. “A Song for Every Sadness” (Ash & Eric’s upcoming visual album) gains its title from these lyrics. These songs are truly our shelter from the storm.

lyrics

In the cool of the Autumn sun
I turn to the howling wind
And ask her of her mournful song
Where does her pain begin?
She does not pause to answer me
With words I can record
But with a melancholy movement
She cuts me to my core

As her lonesome lilting lifts
Her voice grows clear and crisp
Rousing the tops of the towering pines
Entranced by her influence
They sway in perfect unison
In empathetic time
I lay amongst their sturdy legs
As tears fill up my eyes

I remember a simpler time
Though distant in my mind
A world laid out in black and white
With neatly painted lines
Where stories tell how the good ones win
A just and righteous war
But like a soldier sobered by the fight
I can’t believe them anymore
I’ve felt a darkness so complete
Shake the ground beneath my feet
And tear into the things I love
Like a wolf with gnashing teeth
The sorrow burns within in my soul
Like a bush set all ablaze
Is there nothing I can stand upon
That will not fall away?

Then a voice from above
The haunting hymn of a dove
Calling out o’er the whipping wind
“Breathe in deep, and listen in.”

She sings a song for every sadness
A song for every pain
A song for every brokenness
That cannot be explained
I’ll gather them inside my heart
Like seeds carefully sown
They will grow into a tower of light
A shelter from the storm

They will grow into a tower of light
A shelter from the storm

credits

from Sure, track released February 18, 2022
Music & lyrics by Ashley P. H. L’Esperance & Eric P. L’Esperance
© 2021, TPIH Music/ASCAP
Mixed, arranged & produced by Eric L’Esperance
Mastered by Jason Deift
Eric L’Esperance - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, high string guitar
Ash L’Esperance - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Marie Brouillette - flute
Peter L’Esperance - trumpet

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Ash & Eric Worcester, Massachusetts

Ash & Eric have never shied away from life’s hard edges. Hailing from the gritty heart of the Industrial Revolution -- Worcester, Massachusetts -- the two find consolation in discovering the beauty of being artists in the most stubbornly independent city in the north east. Their musings reflect the hope and pain we all experience sung in voices as vulnerable and honest as their lyrics. ... more

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