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Wooden Rings

by Wooden Rings

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1.
Wooden Rings 06:48
When I was a boy I dreamed of a love Who’d rather juniper to diamond So I reached for your hand And gathered the wood From a fallen tree the storms took Held out my heart by the root And I feel it wash over me Falling falling violently Feel it wash over me Falling calling tears from me And I feel it wash over me Falling falling violently Oh feel it wash over me Falling calling tears from me Well worn and engraved Familiar but strange The rings we wore everyday As is all spread around along shallow ground Sure changed when the ground froze over Your skin shone with their oils and fresh poison Come home and tell me all about it I’m abuse when you’re excited Surging through this starving mind like a fever Oh feel it wash over me Falling falling violently Feel it wash over me Falling calling tears from me And I feel it wash over me Falling falling violently Oh feel it wash over me Falling calling tears from me Feel it wash Feel it wash How could I get along without a fight? Tooth and nail, the threat of jail for the night Could have spared our baby girls such a sight If there’s one thing I regret… Oh feel it wash over me Falling falling violently Feel it wash over me Falling calling tears from me And I feel it wash over me Falling falling violently Oh feel it wash over me Falling calling tears from me Oh Oh Feel it wash Feel it wash
2.
Alone in my room with the moon Crashing through my eyes at my window I draw your skin tightly in a memory against me As you wander my dreams How was I supposed to value you a little bit less than I did though we we unfaithful The rasp of your voice is warm in my ear still It feels like wood grain under my palm I cast a shadow on my life Standing in your light Standing in your light I just didn’t realize I gave so much To love, to us We laughed in parallel all night long We danced in parallel until the dawn Made love in parallel under the snow Tears come in parallel to let you go I tried to drink you away tonight But in the isle I see your face How could I escape a tender light With the knowledge of the love we made? How was I supposed to value you a little bit less than I did I was in love The rasp of you voice is warm in my ear still Resounds like thunder above How was I supposed to value you a little bit less than I did though we we unfaithful The rasp of you voice is warm in my ear still It feels like wood grain under my palm We laughed in parallel all night long We danced in parallel until the dawn Made love in parallel under the snow Tears come in parallel to let you go To let you go To let you go
3.
The Crash 04:30
I glide through the night air I drive but exhaustion tows my mind From stripe to white stripe, consumed, and quickly left behind Swept up in slow motion a thundershower of glass To deploy my body would free me from my lack Where am I going? Not home. How am I traveling? Alone. What if I had just let go? What if I had just let go? I would have lost the one… I’d hoped to know
4.
I wish I could say it was all a lie Working side by side in this house Where we made our home I wish I knew from the start That no earthly point of view Could house a wandering star Wish all that talking could save us But I couldn't say the word I knew Would mean losing you If loosing you meant finding me tonight I have to choose before first light If loosing you meant finding me tonight I have to choose before first light
5.
When I Knew 02:41
I thought this would be the happiest day of my life Standing in forever At the wedding isle With you as my bride He came with your family from the countryside No vows could disguise A love that never died Guess you chose him that night Turbulent ride home Where you tried to kiss me Under a honey moon But when I turned away I knew
6.
Bated Breath 05:41
Summer sun set a hurried poem To feed the beasts of night Heart, flesh, and tone Beasts lay burdens along my ear Breath liberate them all To travel downwind Carry them far from here So I can love without fear I found happiness again Though I say it with bated breath
7.
Your Season 04:08
Christmas light bathe my empty house Black and white moments framed in time Silver smiles packed just out of sight I know it was your season And that must be the reason I pulled these pictures out Silver smiles packed just out of sight Black and white moments framed in time Christmas light bathe my empty house I know it was your season And that must be the reason I pulled these pictures out All the same, I'm hanging our memories up For today, I'm hanging our memories up All the same, I'm hanging our memories up For today, I'm hanging our memories up Oh
8.
Sky Blue 04:17
Come on Come on Come on Come on, come on, can't you see The grace that is in front of me now? It's soft, it's calm, it's lying here beside me Beside me Now of course it takes a moment of grace For me to even accept it However this new mode of sky blue Has taken to showing me your truth
9.
The Long Way 03:32
Have you ever gone the long way Just to see if you can? Long walks through woods on Sundays Hand in hand Had goals and strived to be Before you met me Why I put it all on hold I don't know When I met your family Honor consumed me And it made it feel alright to let Now since the break up I am wielding a broken heart Have time to measure what is left when we're apart Learning to truly be alright on my own With every song I write I hear how I have grown Have you ever gone the long way Just to see if you can? The lessons of life and loving Bring life again With my daughter by my side I will continue to strive I'm making it alright Oh

about

Ramah Jihan wrote this music during long days of domestic construction and demolition in the summer of 2010. Often working in isolation for long periods, he had time to reflect and cope with the successes and failures of love. Having written this music in his head, the intricacies and inner logic of each piece had to be memorized by the end of the day only to be set to the guitar in the evenings, when he returned home. Perhaps this explains the nature of pastiche in the song cycle.

Sharing this music with long time friend and bass player Brett Bakshis established a dynamic, and sophisticated counterpoint. New found friend and composition major, Justin Rodig, provided important tone colors and subtleties to the work that uncovered the trapped doors behind every chord. His wife, Kayleigh Rodig was key in providing a safe space for the group to practice. Cellist, Ira Ochs began working with the group from the start and eventually Marissa Deitz took on this role.

This ambitious ensemble, composed of nylon string guitar, clarinet, cello, xylophone, electric bass, and harmonized tenor vocals, approaches the genre of acoustic chamber pop with a magazine of broken-hearted love songs that interrogate the space between monogamy and polyamory.

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released May 1, 2012

Wooden Rings
Ramah David Jihan Malebranche/ guitar, lead vocal, songwriter, producer
Justin Rodig / vocal, clarinet, banjo, bells, (wrote/ guitar Sky Blue)
Marissa Deitz / cello, vocal
Brett Bakshis / electric bass

Ben King/ graphics
Ben Rodig/ photographer
Joshua Miller / mixing engineer
James Auwarter / mastering engineer
(All mixing and mastering done at Clybourn, Chicago)
Matt Livensparger / recording engineer, co-producer

Thank You:
Erve Malebranche
Kayleigh Rodig
Ira Ochs
Ryan Black
The Herbachs
Martine Theodore

This project is partially supported by a Community Arts Assistance Project grant from the city of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

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Wooden Rings Chicago, Illinois

Lush, original blends of folk and rock are held together by mature, introspective lyrics and three-part harmony.

Made possible by a grant from the 3Arts Foundation and our many donors.

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