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Back to the old testament, this song tells the story as it’s narrated in the book of The Prophets.

Jonah gets contacted by the Big Guy, and is told that he has a gig being a prophet, to which he replies “Hell no, the prophet life isn’t for me.” So he escapes from his duties by jumping on a ship from Jaffa, leaving for a far-off place called Tarshish.

Sure enough, escaping from God is harder than he had thought, and El Señor sends a big storm Jonah’s way. Realizing that the storm is going to sink the ship and kill everyone aboard, and that it would be a lot of bad karma, Jonah asks the other sailors to toss him into the sea. The sailors are reluctant to throw him overboard, because he seems like a nice guy and all. But the storm keeps getting worse and eventually they agree and toss him into the sea.

Immediately the storm ceases.

Jonah thinks he’s a goner, but sure enough, a big whale swallows him, and he’s somehow able to breathe just fine inside its belly. He figures he might as well accept the prophet gig before more bad shit happens. Then the whale spits him up on land, and Jonah proceeds to complete his prophet assignment in Nineveh (in present-day Iraq), where he spends the rest of his days…

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in my daily wallow
throw a window wide
winter leaves are hollow
their stems shall be my guide
                                                           
you are in-determined
yet your spinnaker's unfurled
the wind blows sleet
you move fleet
toward the belly of the world
                                                           
take heart, please concede
this is all we need to be
a foreigner on a wild wind's tide
this love shall be my guide
this love shall be my guide
                                                           
jonah's in his valley
when he hears the frightful phrase
son you're bound for nineveh
to preach your final days
                                                           
as his exit boat was shaking
he knew he was not free
he told the other sailors
you must        
throw me to the sea
                                                           
take heart
please concede
this is all we need to be
a foreigner on a wild wind's tide                                                        
this love shall be our guide
 
[interlude]
                                                                                               
he turned his body inward
his bitterness relieved
he sang a cry to abraham
and his body was received
                                                           
and lonely on his mountain
he watched the withered vine
sayin' winter leaves are hollow
their stems shall be my guide
                                                           
take heart
please concede
this is all we need to be
a foreigner on a wild wind's tide        
this love shall be our guide
 
oh take heart
please concede
this is all we need to be
a foreigner on a wild wind's tide        
this love shall be our guide
this love shall be our guide                            

credits

from Veins and Arteries (2023 reissue), released December 21, 2023
instruments and singing:

Jeremy Thal
Gideon Crevoshay
Simon Jermyn
Greg Chudzik
Tommy Crane
Devin Greenwood

recorded and mixed at the Honey Jar by Devin Greenwood

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Briars of North America New York

We work at our own pace, with release plans guided more by equinoxes and solstices than any conventional wisdom. We are two long lost cousins Jeremy Thal and Gideon Crevoshay and a friend, Greg Chudzik. Our music exists at the crossroads of ambient, indie and so-called new music—delivered with the precision of chamber music, the emotional transparency of folk, and the weight of ritual. ... more

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