Ben Noble | Bluebird
BEN NOBLE TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE "BLUEBIRD" ON 01.21.20
Steeped heavily in imagery, Bluebird is a song about tragic beauty; about what our pain and fighting must look like from the perspective of a bluebird, an impartial observer. As human beings, we put so much effort into appearances, into hiding our darkness and pain. We are beautiful like a lily of the valley flower, but inside, we hide secret poison.
Around the time of writing this, Noble was seeing a professional counselor to face his own secret poisons that had plagued him his whole life. The re-opening of long-scabbed-over wounds mixed with intense writer's block caused Noble to enter a season of sharp anxiety and sadness. Facing the darkest parts of himself, Noble was inspired to write what would become his second full-length album, Where The Light Comes In, due out in March 2020. The title, as with the album's main themes, is inspired by the poet Rumi's quote "the wound is where the light enters you".
It is the final single to be released prior to the album release date, the final preview of what is to come.
Lyrics:
Bluebird, spirit of the wasteland, fly - you fly
Bluebird, beauty of the wasteland, fight
Petals burning, ordinary night
Fluke birth, riven in your wrappings white - mother of mine
Slowed hurt, running from the fury's fire
Red and burning, ordinary
The lines, the lines, I see by the wayside
Cold heart, full-blood, the brain-cries
The lies, the lies, I see where the pain hides
Wolf heart, a full-blood brain-cry
Bluebird, lily of the valley, cry - all that you might
Truth burns brighter when the hate is high
Keep it burning, scribbling
The full arc, break it to me one time
Keep it burning, scribble all the lines
The lines, the lines, I see by the wayside
Cold heart, full-blood, the brain-cries
The lies, the lies, I see where the pain hides
Wolf heart, a full-blood brain-cry
Feed the panic, feed the panic you want
Feed the panic, feed the panic, feed the panic you want
MUSIC VIDEO - Unlisted YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/B0_kOkGwlxk
Video features artwork by Nick Collins (@webdesignnewcastle), Dids (@didssph), Ezra Cohen (@ezcohen)
ABOUT BEN NOBLE
Ben Noble is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter who released his debut album Whisky Priest in the Spring of 2017. Fully self-produced and recorded in a cabin, Whisky Priest is a journey of exacting introspection. Noble loves the contrast of serene, innocent melodies with a haunting chorus of falsetto voices. Live, he blends delicate melodies with electronic elements for a truly unique sonic experience.
"Ben Noble's music is a sonic sanctuary" - CITY PAGES
"Instant chills" - SLEEPING BAG STUDIOS
CONTACTS
Press: Krista Vilinskis at Tinderbox Music: krista@tinderboxmusic.com
Booking: Ben Noble at ben@bennoblemusic.com
