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The Hill in Mind

by Joshua Hill

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drumwhacker First, ACLU donation day! Also, bandcamp, how do i only pick one fave track?? I also love Spider-shirt (great beginning chords) and Fall.E had me listening to the lyrics of...tasting life? Muy bueno stuff. Favorite track: Hajj Sami.
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1.
Spider-Shirt 03:46
Little boy, with your eyes so true- Remembered for the things you do, Your story forgotten by fools! Growing old in a Spider-Man t-shirt, Your picture tells me why. But the question still sleeps in your eye You’re not dying for me. But I’ll listen to you When you throw a BOOM behind my back. My head explodes with fear. Jon will take the beating to his ear When you SHOUT with a bomb inside your mouth To a world with bleeding ears- in hopes that they can hear clear. “I am dying for you! Are you listening, you?” Spider-Man’s playing at the mall tonight- (Just don’t buy the t-shirt)
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Fall.E 05:26
This is my last day before I fall. I’ll leave my life behind in a futureless flight. When he commands it’s time for me to genuflect Before this man- creation that I must adore Oh, I won’t bend a knee! I’d rather fall. I used to be like you; I lived in Paradise, Complacent to the path, the perfect life Then I saw the tree’s design- To taste the fruit of “Wrong and Right” The truth would fill your empty mind. Just have yourself a bite! You will fall. You. You can be Kings in your own walls, And none of your mistakes- they won’t be punished at all The Morning Star has come to you The Sun will rise again renewed The truth will shine with a different light! Just never blink an eye. And we won’t fall (when we’re already fallen) No! We won’t fall!
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Hajj Sami 05:59
Do you recall the mountain breeze When Sami stood tall against the tree, The very last day upon his feet, Gazing into Jordan? Yet on that night within our streets, When your men stayed to fall asleep, And they awoke to find that we Hadn't cut their beards away. But they keep burning, burning, burning the Road. Well then your men, Well they decreed, It's time for all of us to leave- We all sighed, the children cried. Our village turned their heads away. As we slumped and dragged our feet. The paralyzed man, He kept his seat. Keeping close to his heart The bullet gift you gave to him. But Sami keeps rolling, rolling, rolling, Home. And Father’s thanking God That his bricks aren't dust. And Mother has a place for Ramadan, A place to fast for Ramadan. And we're not going to fall when Sami's rolling. A place to fast for Ramadan Sami keeps rolling, rolling, rolling, Home.
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Buckwheat 04:02
In the morning, she’s laying by the fireside In the evening, she’s doing the same Her mind is filled with such adventure As she hums her quiet song It’s been a year since the buckwheat stopped growing In the place I call “Home” When I settle and plant myself a garden, There’ll be buckwheat there to sow. When we were young, we’d run through the meadows. The leaves would stick to our hair and in our clothes. But now only in a few old dusty pockets, can a wrinkled leaf be found. It’s been a year since the buckwheat stopped growing In the place I call “Home” When I settle and plant myself a garden, There’ll be buckwheat there to sow. Did you know the day you stole from me, The day your crime went through- Did you know that when you’d take from me- Did you know you’d take her too? This time next year, the buckwheat will be growing When I find myself a home. When I settle and plant myself a garden, There’ll be buckwheat there to sow.

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released November 1, 2013

Recorded, Mixed, and Produced by Bob Hoag.
With: Joshua Hill, Sir Jonathan Lang, Max Knouse, Jacob Eary, Wayne Jones
Compositions: Joshua Hill
Arrangements: The Hill in Mind
Special Bass Thanks: Jerome Salazar, Nat Theobald
Art and Typography: Eric Palmer

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Joshua Hill Los Angeles, California

Joshua Hill is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Arizona. Winner of a Canadian Screen Awards for the Academy Award nominated film "The Breadwinner" for co-writing the song "The Crown Sleeps"

He performs regularly on violin, guitar, piano, bass, and singing.
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