We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Io (the Guiding Light)

from The Canary that Named the Stars by Antinode

/

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A beautiful digipak edition with exclusive lyric sheet insert, liner notes, and additional artwork by Jan Tomic.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Canary that Named the Stars via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      $8 USD or more 

     

lyrics

Waiting for guiding light
But, Io, I only know

I did what you asked of me
Traced these lines to their source
Gave the world a mythology
Charted an unknown course
So why do you hide your face?
Was a time when you appeared
And the sea beckons me to transform
But when I do
It feels like I'm losing you

I heard he was coming back
As if debts could be paid with time
It's a seed kept in the dark
In soil that had been mine
So why do you hide from me?
Haven't seen you in so long
And the sea beckons me to transform
But when I do
It feels like I'm losing you

I do this for you
Cast in the ground while he waits

Syzygy
Synchronicity
Does it hurt you to know
This has happened before?
Do you dream?
Would you dream of me?
There’s nowhere to go
Where I won’t follow

Counting down the hours
Last tools to acquire
And edges to hone
I can feel my heart beat slow
My steady hands

No chains could contain your lies
You paid their debts but never mine

Syzygy
Synchronicity
Does it hurt you to know
This has happened before?
Do you dream?
Would you dream of me?
There’s nowhere to go
Where I won’t follow

Listing in the snow
Back turned to the storm
It follows him home
Concealing my steps in his
I'm still the ghost he made

No chains could contain your lies
You paid their debts but never mine
It's almost time

I remember
Long summer days
Laughing, you ran through the rain
In the autumn, clinging fast
Said I'd protect you from the cold
I remember
The nights that never end
Alone, looking down from the mount
And I could not find escape
From the echoes that never were
I remember
Under belyd sky
Your faint silhouette over the stars
And I knew you right away
Although you never grew so old

Now are you angry or disappointed
I thought I saw it so clear
And the sea beckons me to transform
But when I do
It feels like I'm losing you

Io, I only know

Three bodies align
Cold fates intertwine
But death won't sever it
Not if you're here with me now
You bid me to wait
Let go of my hate
'Cause death won't sever it
Not if you're here with me now
Not if you're here with me now

Io, I only know
Three bodies align
Cold fates intertwine

credits

from The Canary that Named the Stars, released August 20, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Antinode image

Antinode Seattle, Washington

Antinode is a Seattle-based conceptual progressive rock band. It began as the brainchild of vocalist/guitarist Travis Corwin, before solidifying in 2020 with their current line-up. Their music follows an ongoing fantasy narrative, The OE Saga, which Travis is also developing into a series of graphic novels. ... more

contact / help

Contact Antinode

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Antinode, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now