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The Empty Nets / Only Lovers are Human in this World

from Neverwas in the Limbo Lounge by Chris Cunningham (Neverwas)

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The line "Only lovers are human in this world" is stolen from a poem by Jalal a-din Muhammad Rumi (13th century Persia).

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When the valley turns bone dry,
Wait for the thunderclap— the lightning never lies.
Old nations fade when new flags unfurl,
But only lovers are human in this world.

How it went down is no mystery.
How it went down is so plain to see.
The empty nets, the empty nest,
The emptiness is no comfort to me.

Ghost train creaking on a mud-covered track,
Someone is speaking— but I can't answer back.
Zeus keeps no tally of the thunderbolts he's hurled,
'Cause he knows only lovers are human in this world.

How it went down is no mystery.
How it went down is so plain to see.
The empty nets, the empty nest,
The emptiness is no comfort to me.

Only lovers are human in this world

Only lovers,

Only love.

credits

from Neverwas in the Limbo Lounge, released August 7, 2020
Chris Cunningham: vocals, bass, drums and percussion, farfisa, mellotron, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, Cuban tres

Painting: The Poor Fisherman by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 1881

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FOTHOU (Fall of the House of Usher) Minneapolis, Minnesota

FOTHOU (Fall of the House of Usher) is:
a collective of musicians and composers in Minneapolis, MN.
Many are in the same family.

FOTHOU has been described as:
lifting from the world's deepest groove pockets- East, West, and North African, 80's No Wave funk, Sun Ra, and more.

The solo albums by Chris Cunningham (Neverwas) are from the same vein of the mine, with more acoustic folk influences.
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