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After the Battle

from Bloom and Grow by Kyla Tilley

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This is the second song on this album inspired by my reading of Herodotus. It tells the story of an ancient soldier's last moments of consciousness on the battle field. I have a bit of an obsession with humanity's place in nature. I'm quite taken with the notion of the long now, and how, as changing as humanity is, the birds and the bees and the plants and the streams just continue to go about their business despite us. It's an idea that I find that very comforting. There is something very beautiful about the impermanence of life to me. This whole album is about our drive to do great things and to leave something of ourselves behind, but in the end, the moss will grow over the stones, the winds of time will erase us, and we'll just become part of the whole.

Scott Kingsley of Nova Scotia plays bass on this. Right before the pandemic, when we both lived in Montreal and got together to jam one afternoon. This was one of the songs we really geled well on and I had to have him play it on the album.

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After the Battle

Peaceful cacophony of
Early morning rouses me
Lying there my consciousness
Drifting, floating, sighing
Morning dew so refreshing
As is the breeze
Caressing my skin

I smell the dead
The blood that's spilled
All around me
I hear the life that thrives
It tears through all our
Elaborate plans
Hear it mocking as
Petty our quarrels
Thought I'd sip from
The cup of victory
Instead I lie here
In this forest alive

Birds circling overhead
Their vibrant feathers gleam
Sun reflecting gold on steel
Shining, blinding
Am I in some cathedral?
For which god was it built
To whom should I pray

I smell the dead
The blood that's spilled
All around me
I hear the life that thrives
It tears through all our
Elaborate plans
Hear it mocking as
Petty our quarrels
Thought I'd sip from
The cup of victory
Instead I lie here
In this forest alive

I hear the life that thrives
After the battle

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from Bloom and Grow, released August 2, 2022
Kyla Tilley: Classical and Electric Guitar, Vocals
Scott Kingsley: Double Bass

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Kyla Tilley Newfoundland and Labrador

Kyla Tilley plays guitar, wears high heels, and writes sometimes sad, often funny, occasionally disconcerting, story-telling songs which rarely rhyme.

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