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The Ghosts We Loved

from Wintersea by Dundar The Barbarian

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“The Ghosts We Loved”

A remnant of the follow-up to “Sunset Manor: Images, Light, Elation.” I wanted this one to hint at the intensity of the rest of the “Wintersea” album. One of three songs on “Wintersea” with vocals. I took quite a bit of inspiration for this tune from the song “Empty Streets” by a band called In The Woods… that touches on seasonal changes. Other big inspirations for this song are two of my favorite bands: Opeth (their acoustic stuff) and The Sword (in particular their album “Low Country”). It is meant to draw you in, spring some hope, but also depict how hope can bring about hesitancy. I wrote a poem years ago that served as a foundation for how this song came about:

In the Pacific Northwest, we have different ghosts.
The ghosts of dogs we loved.
The ghosts of tree we touched.
The ghosts of passersby we saw.
The everyday ghosts of our lovers.
Significant others.
The ghosts of ourselves we loved, hated, despised, longed-for.
We’re in love with the dead.

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Seasons reveal
Specters of past
Ever among us
Grim to the last

Spring's for the hopeful
The summer, a dance
Autumn hid waiting
The blight of the frost

Ghosts of the winter
Forsaken, aghast
Will we remember
Their song

Their lamentations
With us to the end
Fear not their haunting
As long as there’s light

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from Wintersea, released April 28, 2023
Greg Dunbar - Vocals, guitars, synthesizers, recording, mixing, mastering

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