The Triumph Of Our Tired Eyes

« There is beauty in this land
But I don’t often see it
There is beauty in this land
But I don’t often feel it »

The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band, Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001).

My eyes are shooting sparks (Une année sans lumière)

« Mystery and wonder did light up the valley
To be beat back by dark clouds
And a harsh reeking wind

And that battle staggered through three awful months
To stop for a minute
Just to start up again

(...)

I think I'll quit to the valley
Until the light moves me again »

Thee Silver Mountain Reveries, "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow" (The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" EP, 2004).