Sean Hayes
I’ve been a fan of San Francisco based musician Sean Hayes for several years. There is a fragile quality to his voice that I really enjoy, and his music never ceases to move me. He has a new album coming out this Spring, and has released a promo video for a song called Garden. I like it. It’s not quite as accessible as some of his other work, but I’m finding myself going back every couple of days to youtube to hear it again, so it seems to be working its magic.
I’ve always liked the lyrics in his songs, like these from Flowering Spade:
He has a flowering spade
Growing out of his chest
Full of magic and healing
She is a flowering spade
As she moves and she sways
You can see that she feels itShe’s off to dance with the goat boys
He’s of to sail through your wide open ocean
She learned to sing from a siren
He learned to swim from a drop in the waterThere are words there are signs
Close your eyes there is magic inside you
Hear this box in your mind
building frames for to trace your desiresShe learned to cook from a sailor
He learned to cry in an elephant circus
She found a recipe for flying
He’s growing flowers to understand dyingRejoice
Hmmm…
Oh ma na na…Oh oh
Rejoice
Oh ma na na…Oh oh
Oh ma na na…Oh oh
Rejoice
There’s no such thing as dyingOh oh
Rejoice
Does anyone feel like flyingOh oh
Oh ma na na…Oh oh
Oh ma na na…Ooo…
In this video, he talks about the inspiration for the song, and sings it in the studio. Not the best quality, but enough to give you a sense of his style.
