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Mirrors To The Sun

by Lea Thomas

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1.
One hand on the wheel: honey, can we stay this free? Though we are not more certain together, Our love would make you believe In the innocence of thieves. Over your shoulder, The hills go on forever. Goldenrods and asters Holding mirrors to the sun. What is done is done and what is still to come is rising just beyond the veil of a half moon, blue in the autumn air. I have known you now for a long while And this is a road That will remember us well. For all the words that go unspoken, I lean into the wind And let it hold me there, In the in-between: Seeds of summer spinning on, A thousand years beginning now. What is done is done and what is still to come is rising just beyond the veil of a half moon, blue in the autumn air.
2.
Salt in the air Where I felt my body disappear Into light, sound, color Buzzing, buzzing, buzzing clear. And it brought me to that dream again, Where the mountain meets the sea again And I am a white wolf Running, running, running free. Then I remember my heart started beating To the sound of the universe I leaned into the feeling / Like a hummingbird Leans into receiving sweet, sweet, nectar When I fill my hands and drink it up, I think: What are we made of? Time is a river And it’s just running, running, running forever. Then I remember my heart started beating To the sound of the universe And I lean into the feeling / Like a hummingbird Leans into receiving sweet, sweet nectar.
3.
Howl 04:36 video
I am an ocean: Constant emotion, Surfaces trembling. Mockingbird singing like a car alarm... What will this love Become? A chorus of hounds? Meet me where the sun goes Down Howl Don't be dismissive. If it goes, You will miss it. Purpose unfolds you. Let it grow Like a forest from a parking lot. What will this love Become? A chorus of hounds? Meet me where the sun goes down Howl Howl Howl What will this love become?
4.
You were going to see the city looking for a “change” -what a loaded word. You would never be the same. And your sighs were fogging up the window, watching all the lights go in and out of frame like gold thread over black velvet. Did you hear it? What did the music sound like What did the music sound like What did the music sound like What did the music sound like It’s been a long ride It will be a long ride still A little more than a microdose- you were wide awake. Seems like the shadow work paid better than your day job. And your eyes were burning through the ceiling: the colors and the feelings of endless surprise when you see things through a new light. Did you hear it? What did the music sound like What did the music sound like What did the music sound like What did the music sound like It’s been a long ride and it’ll be a long ride still. Are you ready for the break down? It might not feel so heavy If you listen to the sound. Heart, hold steady. Let the music bring you back around. Just listen to the sound. Listen to the sound. What did the music sound like? What did the music sound like? What did the music sound like? It’s been a long ride and it’ll be a long ride still. You were going to see the city looking for a “change” -what a loaded word. You would never be the same.
5.
Soft and still ripening, another early august morning. I thought I’d wake up less restless because I cut my hair when the sun and moon were eclipsing but I’m still here, After all these years that I’ve been coming and going, I’m always coming back so uncertain: pulling back the curtains, hoping to see mountains. Now, I’m leaning on the table. I am an empty vessel. trying to be thankful every minute I am able a little aimless But I am free. Now, I take a walk and I’m taking nothing with me but the weight of my thoughts into the churning of the city heading north along old fences draped in yellow roses hanging heavy in the heat and even heavier with the wishes of every stranger passing: lovers in the thick of it, a mother’s touch as time just slips- their children growing up too quick and asking their own questions- Some that I’m still asking with my hands along the grasses like the surface of a world I’ve yet to meet. And the heat keeps rising. The heat keeps rising
6.
Magnolias 04:23
Heart over mind, I’m seeing it clearly for the first time in my life: The great mystery of impermanence. Have you ever mastered a moment- then just as you set all your plans on the table- A light through your half-opened window Reminds you, you’ll never know when, Spring will bring magnolias? In a way I’ve never felt freer: I dance with my shadows, lean into my fears. I can sit by a river and trust what I hear. While I’m trying to be kinder, the world’s getting weird and The roots and the leaves and the rocks and the flowers, The mud on my fingers, the sound of the water help me to remember I am my own healer and Maybe my softness is power-- I have power! And isn’t it funny we still count the years when we know well that time moves in all directions Familiar and strange, I’ll see the faces of change Now I’m holding on to nothing again. I’m holding on to nothing again.
7.
There are so many ways To look at The same view But when we laid out in the dark On the hood of your car The stars just out of reach All I could see was true love... Or whatever it was, I knew then I should not Be fearful of the dark For how would I dream, baby? How would I dream? How would I dream? How would I dream of you now? How would I dream? How would I dream? How would I dream of you now?
8.
Close To Me 03:49
I trust my body when it tells me That the work can wait till tomorrow. Let the worries in my mind turn swift into sparrows, Find their rest among the pines again. Like the winds that had raised me and carried me here, I could drift for miles understanding nothing But the freedom song of the grasses As they whisper for no witnesses: Stay close to me. Stay close to me. Oh, I could never tire Of the color green When the sun weaves down through the canopy And shines a little light on all of my uncertainties. Bless them with forgiveness. Stay close to me. Love is a hummingbird in flight. It is the burst of color before the night. And as I find my way among life’s mysteries, May I keep this love close to me. Stay close to me. Stay close to me.

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released July 23, 2021

All songs written, arranged, co-produced by Lea Thomas

All songs recorded by John Thayer at Thump Studios in New York except tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 recorded by John Thayer and Jeremy Mendicino in Vermont.

All songs mixed, co-produced by John Thayer

Mastered by Sarah Register except for track 4 which was mastered by Heba Kadry

Performed by:
Lea Thomas (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, hammond organ)
Jeremy Mendicino (guitar, bass on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6)
Nico Osborne (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, trumpet on tracks 1, 4, 7)
Brendan Mulvihill (bass on tracks 1, 4, 7)
John Thayer (drums, percussion, synthesizer)

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Lea is a songwriter from Maui, Hawaii.

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