O Nature is from Billy Bottle & The Multiple's critically-acclaimed 2014 album, Unrecorded Beam.
"a pastoral brand of whimsical psych-folk" - Jazzwise
lyrics
O Nature
O Nature! I do not aspire
To be the highest in thy quire, -
To be a meteor in thy sky,
Or comet that may range on high;
Only a zephyr that may blow
Among the reeds by the river low;
I want to lay on the land,
Please understand,
Too long have I remained alone,
I stumble in the dark.
Quickly respond,
Let’s seal this bond,
Feeling my finger in the earth,
You’re never very far away.
Give me thy most privy place
For where to run my airy race.
In some withdrawn, unpublic mead
Let me sigh upon a reed,
Or in the woods, with leafy din,
Whisper the still evening in.
For I would rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.
Some still work give me to do, -
Only - be it near to you!
credits
from La Belle Époque (EP),
track released February 9, 2015
Billy Bottle: Voice, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Bass Guitar
Martine Waltier: Voice
Roz Harding: Soprano Sax
Vivien Goodwin-Darke: Flute
Angus Menter: Trombone
Gary Evans: Drums
Lee Fletcher: Digital Editing, Soundscapes, Treatments
Discover Lee's own compositions ranging from a Mike Oldfield cover to remixes of his album, Faith in Worthless Things. Ethereal and enlightening... Billie Bottle
This is real drama in song. Mike's highly inventive piano frames Kate's effortless attention to detail. Highlight: You Leave Me Breathless - perhaps the most achingly passionate rendition on record. Billie Bottle