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E​λ​λ​as

by Vold Book

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Eλλas 03:17
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Antikythera 07:35
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Oppenheimer 10:19
Dream-docking, northern lights, alpha road, please come true Tourmaline, radio, seas of faith, turn my way Gypsy-eyed, rocketship, night-scented, amaze me Dreams come true, moontower, second sight, trouble heart It's amazing that anything exists at all Everlasting, our geodesic home Exquisite details beyond description Among the stars The pacific ocean fuels a steel breeze that we control A single mote of dust rises up, over us, into the sunset Where it can be reborn as a planet Futurist, morningstar: you're the queen of my heart Capulets, come inside: cabaret of wonder Distant starlight of her captures my heart and my mind in here Underwater kingdoms beckon us Imaginary homes to call our own, within her arms As we drift across the sky I'm everything that keeps her safe from harm Just look into the future, we are not divisible So how do you expect we'll find our way among all of the billions? My sailboat shoots past The Clarke Belt, where I might find some other recourse Utopia or oblivion awaits me for the final chapter Spreading silver sails, I resolve to find my soulmate There is only one of her to keep me warm at night My darling, I love you so much, won't you come with me? Like the endless night, love for you goes on and on Like the mountains we would one day seek to climb If we would only choose forever The farther you go out to sea, the fewer sailors there will be My heart is swimming in possibilities The farther you go out to see, the fewer sailors there will be My mind is swimming in possibilities Black butterflies escape out of my windpipes into the air Above the Kohaku River We unite on banks of the Seine Our telomeres are no longer bounded Life without death it turns out is possible Now we are one in everlasting harmony Pianos contract our fever, and the dance floors are no longer empty As we drift across the sky I'm everything that keeps her safe from harm Just look into the future, we are not invincible But now you see that you can find your way back to your own requited My sailboat returns from Heaven, where I have found what I was after Utopia is another word for what awaits us in the future Spreading silver sails, I resolved to find my soulmate There is only one of her to keep me warm at night My darling, I love you so much, won't you walk with me? Like the endless night, love for you goes on and on Like the mountains we would one day seek to climb If we could only reach forever
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Dreamflight 04:43
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Pegasus 05:35
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Coronagraph 03:05
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Oh Victoria, I am not sad I wanna be just right there with you in your arms My love, we are so pure that we cannot even think of being apart anymore What’s more, I love your strength and your honesty my dear If only you could hear me My heart goes out to you, across the vast expanse where we reside for now This is more than a dream; I love her Oh Victoria, there is nothing that I wouldn’t do for you, my love, it’s true That we have always been together even though we are far apart, such is our illusion Won’t you come lay with me? There is no such thing as being too much in love (under the willow trees) Flowers push up from our bed of loving and tenderness Here, we are, we have overcome our fears of being alone So we can finally be together
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Telegraphics 03:20
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Utopia 07:58
I won’t seek Nirvana, without you my love Everything is crystal now that you are here Churn your healing waters and ruminate Pegasus is sleeping nearby our waterfall The warm moon hovers, and our starlit farms Glisten in the moonlight, our growing wet crops Thirsty for the May rain, feed us and nourish It is after a long day of climbing, nestled for a while Wild mushrooms push their way through soil Lost moccasins gather new friends in the dirt The birds will be singing when the fires and teardrops are no more Fill your dreams with me And some flowers resting in your hair, just lay back And close your eyes Near some distant binary star, they will make plans to receive us Kaleidoscopes will arrive soon, feeling and vision will transform us Together here, quiet in our heightened state You are my inspiration There’s no greater joy in this world than that We talk over our rumours of tomorrow In a whisper without secrets, there’s no end in sight The human family is welcome always in our life You harmonize our will and dreams We’ve made it past the hardest part; it is true that everything’s okay Her white wings glide even though she is not in flight Her body’s warm and her scent of purity Wildflowers, honey melon, I will spit the seeds G.R.O.W. Tell me darling, when were you so young? As you are now, haven’t aged a day Is it because I protect you well? Or do you shine simply because you can do so? Smitten, I reach for and take her cream hand Kiss her discretely now Everything is golden Feelings are ways to God Thoughts are like the wind We are now so ready for anything, wait for our train to come At last the electric light shoots through our joined hands and good music rocks Our blissful mind We have arrived at the most perfect place we’ve ever seen Everything is crisp and clean The lightshow dances all around us We laugh and try to touch it But it melts at the fingertip We love this anyway of course In a past life I was so you, and you were so me I tried so hard to be the best Gloria drops her petals in the fresh and cool water In a poet’s corner we recite our spells High above the city, can’t see anyone They can’t see us Getting closer, feel night with me Lay down forever I will soften your tired mind You will stoke my weary soul All the people who are sad now, let us devote Our love to them We can cherish what they cannot, everything’s okay Here in Heaven we are happy, everything’s okay

about

'E​λ​λ​as' (pronounced el-Las) is an Ancient Greek word that refers to the land of Ancient Greece. It is the home of the Ancient Greeks, in their own language. I consider myself very influenced by Greek mythology and Ancient Greek culture. This compilation of songs written between 2015 and 2017 attained a high goal of Idealism for me. It showed me that I was capable of doing what I set my mind to.

'E​λ​λ​as' will always occupy a special place in my heart, and I've tried to reproduce its success with various material in later years. Give it a chance, and I hope it will grow with you.

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released January 20, 2017

All songs written and recorded by John T. Trautman

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Vold Book California

Vold Book has been making music in Austin, TX. since 2014 and recently relocated to SLO County, central coast.

Stay tuned for "A Humanist's Story with Vold Book," on September 15, 2023. It is a four-episode radio program that introduces new listeners to my work. Dive deep with me into the meaning of the music and words.

John T. Trautman - b. October 27, 1981 in Ridgewood, NJ.
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