And it all amounts to this, my darling

Photo: Simon Williams

Alright, for the none of you that have stayed with me through this weird/long/fragmented essay-like thing that's happened spontaneously over the past four days on this blog, I have a little something for your aural enjoyment. I'm releasing this single, called "Stillness" (After a thematic section of Four Quartets), because in a way, I think that it's my contribution to this discussion about time and heartbreak and healing and circularity and the fullness of humanity. It's among my very favorite songs that I've ever written, so I feel kind of weird giving it to you outside of the context of an album release. All I can say is that the process of recording this, being back in the studio with Simon, has completely energized me. I'll tell you right now that a full-length Luke Williams record will be coming next summer. It's going to be stripped down, much less electric than the Ancient Eyes EP, looser, more raw. So for now, enjoy this little gift, from me to all of you who are so faithfully supportive of me and my musical endeavors.

And with that, I'm off to Missoula, Montana for some much-needed time by myself and with old friends.

I love you,

Luke

Stillness

Luke Williams - Guitar, Vocals, Banjo, Tambourine

Simon Williams - Vocals, Sound Engineering, Mixing

Clay Williams - Vocals

Scott Williams - Vocals

Alice Williams - Vocals

Lyrics:

Numb, my fingers and toes

Catch me before I sink down under

Trusting the breaststroke

To carry me home

I'm caught in the undertoe

Spinning sand and water

Tumbling I kiss the darkest abyss

Undulation

Soon will resume,

It comes from the moon

Movement without motion

Stillness containing so much, so soft

So condescending

Such visibility,

So much nothing

I can see for miles and miles

What a beauty, such a vision

Ample stalls can feel so empty

Vastness of a lonely prison, and

Like the winter solstice I'm

All aligned with nothing, nothing,

Frigid blue is all I hear, and it

All amounts to this, my darling