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Sleeping Beneath the Trees

by Max Hopkins

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What a beautiful day to be alive It’s times like these I don’t care If the grass is really greener on the other side ‘Cause the ground may break and earth may quake But it’s not enough for me to want to give up on this place Standing here by the water side I stare in awe as I look at A visage been in the making from the beginning of time ‘Cause the colours fill my eyes and will For as long as I believe that if you open up your heart that love will find you Love will find you For as long as I remember there’s been light And as far as I can see it’s still in sight And from what I know I’d say we’re still all right But I know that if you open up you’ll find Love will find you At times my eyes deceive me When I leave the state of mind that I am in But as long as we’re still floating ‘Round this crazy galaxy we’re spinning And the oceans know how very close We’re made up in this gorgeous little planet Love will find you
2.
Unmarked Sky 04:16
Far over the mountain high Deep beneath the ocean’s tide And long after the end of time The pulse of life will still survive But we’re a far cry from the end And the world will keep on spinning And so it goes when the void comes from within Cast away into the great divide And I may not live to see the day With the love and understanding for a world we have decayed But we’re a far cry from the end And the world will keep on spinning Though a time for us will come It’s not over when we’re done Oh, we won’t see the end But we’ll be beginning somewhere in the end’s beginning breath
3.
Interlude 01:20
4.
I take a breath of the cold, crisp air As I step into the sun An inhalation from the fibre of my being; The kind that validates the soul The untouched beauty stretches mile after mile And echoes years still gone unknown To unspoken understandings since forgotten That are bigger than us all So I know there must be something more Staring up at the night sky I do believe We can’t imagine what goes on outside of our own minds We fail to see Our scope is only a fragment of the wander we can find I take a breath of that cold, crisp mountain air And can’t help but recall the times We’ve claimed to see the truth about all that we are But we are not the be all end all We are not the be all end all
5.
Without the footprints there’s no memory Without the dirt there is no mark Without the ground that we stand so tall on We’re lost out in the dark Without the evil there’s no good in life Without the hope there is no chance But with the love we share there’s bound to be stability If we give humankind a chance With every struggle comes perspective With every storm there comes the calm With every breath you take, you’re bound to be incredible When you find strength in who you are This life is complicated We don’t get along We all need some understanding And to remember who we are Sometimes perfection is achievable Even angels have their flaws But finding happiness despite all of the weakness Shows just how strong you are Without the sting there’s no experience You have to fall before you rise But situations hold no meaning Until you see them with your own eyes This life is complicated We don’t get along We all need some understanding And to remember who we are If we don’t have love for one another We don’t have a lot But I know if we start the healing The whole world will tag along
6.
If I Am 04:28
With a selfless disposition She floats on with the breeze And overcomes most anything With a brave heart And a soft tongue And the patience to live through anything From the bright lights And the big city To the town where she started all again He seeks a young-ness in his heart Always laughs and reminisces With a constant search for knowledge With a big heart And a thick jacket He’s the man who will go do anything If I am a better man today Well I owe it all to them Then there’s my brother: He won’t take anybody’s shit He comes at just the right time And reminds me when I forget That it’s my life It won’t matter What the other people want me to be He would never Let it touch him But look past it and show them in the end
7.
From the crown of the Crow's Nest to bountiful fields of gold, Writing on rock where the stories of elders are told, The star-speckled skies on the cold winter nights, And the arch in the warm western sky, Come one, come all - it is here we are nigh Flora and fauna spring wild, majestic and free, Windswept through hills gaining life from the late-Autumn breeze, Ambulant life covers all that is seen, Come one, come all - onto pastures of green Come one, come all - under harvest moon sky, Come one, come all - come from far and from high Come for the fossils, the muskeg, the ice, Come to seek solace beneath northern lights, Come now - come and be part of the scene Rivers, they run carving trails to ocean and bay, While everything's coming up roses

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Sleeping Beneath the Trees is the product of two years of recording songs that were written between 2012 and 2014. The overarching theme of the album pertains to the beauty and power of nature and how we interact both with, and within it. The lyrics delve into topics such as the abstract nature of time, our perceptions of humankind and the universe, the inseparability of positive and negative, and a tribute to personal role models and influences. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I have enjoyed creating it.

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released August 1, 2016

Guest Musicians (In order of appearance):
Jamison Humeny – Marimba (1)
Samuel Walker-Kierluk – Select piano parts (1/6), background vocals (4), stomps and claps (4/7)
Mark Rodgers – Cello (3)
Aaron Richardson – Background vocals (4/5), stomps and claps (4)
Dan Sequeira – Background vocals (4/5), stomps and claps (4)
Logan Amon – Electric guitar (6)
Alix Cooper – Trumpet (6)
Matt Rederberg – Drums (6)
Cory Fischer – stomps and claps (7)

Production:
Produced by Max Hopkins and Samuel Walker-Kierluk
Recorded by Samuel Walker-Kierluk, Cory Fischer, and Max Hopkins in Studio 1 at the University of Lethbridge
Arrangements by Max Hopkins and Samuel Walker-Kierluk
Edited by Max Hopkins, Samuel Walker-Kierluk, and Cory Fischer
Mixed by Samuel Walker-Kierluk
Album design by Ayden Broadhead and Max Hopkins
Mastered by Jesse Northey, except track 7 by Dave Horrocks of Infinite Wave Mastering

Thank You to:
My family and friends, the University of Lethbridge Music Department, Chris Morris, Thilo Schaller, Deanna Oye, David Shefsiek, Blaine Hendsbee, Samuel Walker-Kierluk, Cory Fischer, Jamison, Mark, Megan, Aaron, Dan, Logan, Alix, and Matt

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Intricacy and intimacy realized in versatile arrangements featuring thoughtful nature-driven lyrics and an affinity for engaging listeners through passionate delivery.

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