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Portraits

by Hollow Godric

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Autumn Aelwyd I love this whole album, which is rare for Wizard Rock (though this doesn't feel like wrock) usually I only like a few tracks. I think I came across it on MySpace years ago. Glad to own it now :) Favorite track: The Lonely Half-Giant.
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1.
Trainride 03:29
All our trunks are stowed Farewells all said This train has run So now we sit and take what’s left Of summer’s final breath As our lives roll by Like portraits and Landscapes Just as hours will grow up to be days Just as I remain a face in the window This portrait’s never the same The daylight was waning And the thoughts came unbidden As the sky began raining And the landscape was hidden By raindrops painting Their tip tap pictures on windows This train ride’s a quick one And no one can see Just where you will, who you will, what you will be In time you’ll hear whistles and calls for the end of the line But I soon left these thoughts And played gobstones with Ron Had a laugh at just how many times he had won And I smiled to think of the stories we’ll have When we’re done As our lives roll by, Like portraits and landscapes Just as hours will grow up to be days While I remain a face in the window This portrait’s never the same
2.
Portraits 03:58
I was climbing stairs When I ran into you So let us walk as one Just us two We’ll walk away the day No place to end up Find portraits on display And greet them on their way Hello! I wish for this the most To one day be the same Lost in eternal spring Within one of these frames I’d sleep beneath that tree The one by the lakeside As sun came sifting down To illuminate you at my side The perfect picture, am I right? You will become part of me Like leaf to twig and branch to tree tonight I walk here on my own Whenever I need time To hide away alone Here’s a secret: The halls, they are alive As life goes on inside So many worlds collide In Blues and Reds… The perfect picture, am I right?
3.
Hey, friend, class is done Down the stairs we run Out those doors and cross the grounds To the lakeside ripe the laughter Warm with sun Here we while away our days Like the blossoms in springtime we grow Trees are not books yet, just friends who give shade But they’re just as important to know They’re friends… Like the wind and the water On days just like these They’re some of the best friends I know
4.
Dear Ron and Hermione, I’m in a bind, you see I will be late to the table tonight I’m just a bit busy But please don’t worry about me All the trees look so high from here Speckled red yellow brown I fear I will run a bit late to the table tonight These flame tipped leaves are all racing in this Autumn’s breeze They don’t stop or throw glances at me in their trip through the trees Past the portrait I see the fire is crackling pleasantly And look, there’s a letter for me, as Hedwig sleeps silently Run to Great Hall and save a seat for me Padfoot’s alone so I’ll send him this song to keep company Run to Great Hall and save a seat for me If you run into Malfoy, just please, please jinx him for me Ron, save me a pasty The one with blueberries, Signed Harry
5.
Holds his lantern tight Branches bend, but he won’t care to break them With his home in sight Takes a knee as his friend runs to greet him What a thing love is To never be lonely as the only one big as you are And I cherish this And, oh, how I miss Morning post Those notes you wrote Scribbled out so hastily “Do you have room This afternoon To share a cup of tea And if you’re hungry Don’t you fret The rock cakes Aren’t all eaten yet” Stormy times tonight Raindrops wash over candlelit windows Things just don’t feel right I’m missing the talks in your hut eaved in autumn But is this just who we are Lonely friends to the same sad star We’re blinking like fireflies sharing our time in the sky And I charish this And, oh, how I miss Our walks upon The forest floor Always looking out for me What would you say to Saturday And a steaming cup of tea And if you’re hungry don’t you fret They haven’t closed the kitchens yet And don’t you even dream of being late… He puts the letter down Takes his jacket off And puts the kettle on
6.
I’m holding hands with Wintertime Through the window glass I feel the frost and trace the lines Of the owls that pass Scared as I was, I would never Think to leave you here Voices drifting from behind Pull me down the stairs Because I know I’ll always find My family waiting there The Burrow is a battleground On every day it snows And with both the Weasley twins around You’re always changing clothes I will never know the cold again Nor hunger will I feel Because I’ll carry all these memories Safe against me like a shield They’ve got so much love to give That I can scarce contain it all But I’ll wear it as a blanket When the snow begins to fall How I wish that I could bottle all The memories we’ve had I would keep them locked away Inside the trunk beneath my bed And if ever you were feeling down This world too much to bear I would open up this bottle here And with you together we’d share Your backyard With a billion stars And us at large In your Dad’s car
7.
A hunted man runs The haunted man runs Through hill and dust And brambled mire Hiding in dark, but Longing to see the light
8.
Vigil 03:14
This candle lives that I might see It’s casting shadows that are haunting me Our school, our lives, our history My newest scar to bear, but fresh and bleeding Hold on to our dreams And swear to fight along with me With open eyes and wand in hand And help me end this sorrow And as this flame burns low I see All that I loved now flickered out to memory My school, my life, and what was left of family Left all betrayed but he will soon meet me I remember the feasts and the grounds we all tread And the first time I knew what it mean to be home
9.
The Scar 03:22
I could dream each dream a million times Lately every scream seems louder still I can fight him now when I’m awake But the battle rages on inside my bed Dark the night the Dark One came And since that night I’ll never be the same I clutch your letters to my chest And thank my friends for sharing all my pain Soaring through the sky, my broomstick climbs Your cheers will overcome the winter’s chill Though father’s tears I’ll never see Today I feel them here
10.
Hush now, lest they hear And find out where we ran Put your pillows down For sleep is not our plan Gaze upon this place I’ve found I told you I’d come through This sparkling blanket of the night Won’t tell us what to do

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Written and recorded in Omaha, Dallas, and Japan

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released June 30, 2006

All songs written by Brandon Blair
Performed by Brandon Blair, Tyler Donaldson, Sam Tucker

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