The Sherpa's Elegy

from Whom Thunder Hath Made Greater by Boreal Sons

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Your locks of golden hair
are scattered everywhere
around my humble hut tonight.
The Himalayan winter comes
along the wind at a steady run.
All my eyes can see is white
All my eyes can see is white.

You were torn from the cliff
when the blizzard hit.
I watched you plummet through the mist.
Tears clung frozen to my face,
falling snow like curtains of lace,
Terrified I clenched my fists
Terrified I clenched my fists.

I saw your body on the ground
Your spine and legs all twisted around
a limp and lifeless mass of limbs
I tried to carry you back home,
but you lay fastened to the stones
I stayed and wept till I grew numb
I stayed and slept and then grew numb.

They found us cast from head to toe
in alabaster robes of snow,
hemmed by knee-deep ivory tracks.
The frenzied wind sung lullabyes,
beheld us there with stoic eyes
A humble sherpa and his yak
A humble sherpa and his yak.

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from Whom Thunder Hath Made Greater, released September 28, 2010

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Boreal Sons Calgary, Alberta

Cinematic and intimate with a distinct lyrical poetry, Boreal Sons drift between Sublime Art-Rock and Experimental Pop, as rippling backgrounds of scuzzy bass, intricate percussion, and whirring electronics ebb and flow in alluring instrumental arrangements - the voice of Evan Acheson a common thread running throughout, tying everything together. ... more

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