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You Shall See the Beautiful Things

by Gregory Dean McIntosh

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Inspired by Steve Amick's new novel of the same name, "You Shall See the Beautiful Things" is an account of the difficulties sometimes associated with falling asleep.

Steve's book, subtitled A Novel & A Nocturne, is a detailed take on Eugene Field's poem Wynken, Blynken and Nod.

The album art is an unfinished painting by Howard Pyle, a work in progress found on his easel after the artist's death in 1911. It is titled The Mermaid.


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As I lay me down, there’s something amiss;
there’s no winking nor blinking nor nodding encroaching.
“Where are you going and what do you wish?”
The Old Moon was high and meddling.
And while I like that a lot,
all I truly want is the slumber I seek.

“I wish to see with unbleary eyes
and find the solace that such rest does bring.”
“If I could help you I would,” the Old Moon replied,
“But tinnitus is a bell I cannot unring.”

So I close my eyes tighter,
become a static igniter,

I see chimeras smoldering!
Think of that what you will
they do not fulfill
the cost of entry to the hall of dreams
where you shall see the beautiful things.
You shall see the beautiful things after all.

Blanking out and caught off guard.
Am I past my prime or still in full swing?
I’m ready now to embark.
Is the body I now know coming or going?

And there it was:
the crashing surf of last light,
a reserve for reflections lost at sea.
“Should you make it across,” said the Moon,
“Save the albatross,
And dance upon the filigrees of dreams
where you shall see the beautiful things!
You shall see the beautiful things after all.”


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released May 3, 2023
Music written by GDM
Lyrics by GDM and Steve Amick
(The lyric "And there it was: the crashing surf of last light" was lifted from Steve Amick's You Shall See the Beautiful Things)
Instruments, vocals, engineering, mixing, and mastering by GDM

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Gregory Dean McIntosh Ypsilanti, Michigan

Nerd with instruments organizes noises in hopefully pleasing assortments.

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