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Bristlecone Meditation

from Four Quartets by Jay Johnson

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Inspired by stoicism, camping trips in beautiful places, and meditating alone in a grove of 1,400 year old Bristlecone Pine trees as a summer thunderstorm rolled into the canyon.

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High in the desert lives an old pine tree
Crowning the mountain's cliffs crimson and steep
Worn, wild, and weary I now long for sleep
So on my journey here I stop, and I dream

Of the mountains, of seas long ago
Gone from time
And of rivers
Sculptors of the canyon far below

Songs of ravens
Dotting the time
Through echo

And remembering
Everything flows on through time

All these mountains will crumble down to the sea
All these mountains will crumble down to the sea
And these mountains will crumble down to the sea

Methuselah greets another dawn
Entranced by the setting my mind wanders on

To the mountains, to seas long ago
Lost to time
And to rivers
Sculptors of the canyon far below

Songs of ravens
Dotting the time
Through echo

And remembering
Everything flows on through time

All the mountains will crumble down to the sea
All the mountains will crumble down to the sea
All the mountains will crumble down to the sea

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from Four Quartets, released July 15, 2022
Guitars, Bouzouki, Banjo, Tambourine, Vocals by Jay Johnson
All music written and performed by Jay Johnson
Recorded and Mixed by Mattie Klauser of Pillow Princess Productions
Mastered by Drea Young

Recorded with love at Tralfamadore in South Philadelphia

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Jay Johnson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jay Johnson is a Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist active in the Indie DIY scene. Jay plays bass in Mandy Valentine, and plays guitar in Three Yards To Dover and The Pool Boys. Inspired by his love of travel, philosophy, the natural world, and 1960s bands like the Beatles, the Kinks, and Pink Floyd, Jay's music celebrates love, nature, and adventure. ... more

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