Cosmo Sheldrake - Solar Waltz

[@CosmoSheldrake]

I’m working on new music… Until then follow me on Instagram and Spotify for music and tour date news. Insta - instagram.com/cosmosheldrake Spotify - open.spotify.com/artist/6hV6oxGLeLFw17DGjIPkYD?si=Hd8Qf3U6RBKbWXbAFAGUMw

[@bugsontoastt]

Cosmo Sheldrake I cant wait!

[@micah1980]

hey man keep it up cant wait to hear

[@MattyMan16]

Kinda late but totally looking forward to it!

[@TediKay]

Tour The States once the Covid passes?

[@johnkirltampos896]

I like your genre

[@dreanadolie4291]

Pretty much all of his songs sound like if somebody found a collection forgotten fairytales. I love it.

[@amethyststudios6967]

Agreed

[@serefine927]

OMG YESSS Or its like transferring into another existence

[@bunjimingusbingus5161]

Everytime I listen to his songs I always imagine a little circus that travels trough the world where they (and also every other person) can use magic and every time they perform, they tell a fairytale trough there performance.

[@limenade3604]

it reminds me of studio ghibli too much

[@Yo-fx1fl]

ikr its amazing

[@espurresso]

“or wallow in a drinkless world and wither on the bough” is the most poetic and arguably powerful version of “then perish”

[@clintdona4586]

Espurresso Lmaoo, true I’m gonna use that instead xD

[@ij2647]

I LAUGHED

[@3RR0R.404]

Pfft- Best comment in the history of comments.

[@thelegendh4sit]

i said it to my sibling and they said "when did you become an old victorian woman"

[@tuesdaywithanh]

@@thelegendh4sit that's when you tell them you've always been an old Victorian woman, and give them a deep stare

[@riddle7355]

*Me and my little shoulders appreciate this song greatly.*

[@maxbear4655]

Congrats on the heart ❤️

[@Wurm_]

I love how I know exactly what ur talking about

[@xs2196]

@@Wurm_ what what is he saying i don’t fully understand and i must know

[@Wurm_]

@@xs2196 it’s just that when i listen to this song i feel the need to do a little shoulder dance

[@tenyaiida9226]

shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends shoulder dance friends

[@oammaslastnamethei3063]

Oak and ash and thorn: cult of nature Dreams sweet in sea major: cult of the night and stars Solar waltz: cult of spring and time

[@jackdaw6095]

Oak ash and thorn is actually about pagans tho. Those are holy symbols in that religion so it’s no “cult”

[@christopherking4648]

@@jackdaw6095 i mean all the songs give off the cult vibes yknow

[@AA-vr8ve]

@@christopherking4648 to add on to this, there is no solid definition of cult. Just that it has a usually negative connotation. (I could call it the cult of christ, but clearly that’s not something im going to do)

[@christopherking4648]

@@AA-vr8ve true but its the vibes yknow

[@AA-vr8ve]

@@christopherking4648 nonononono i fully support the cult thing; i meant to add on to the other person. Also, not to pull this card, but a good 60% of my friends are pagan and have jokingly referred to themselves as cultists lol

[@cheim417]

A delightful accidental surprise to find Cosmo Sheldrake! My 68 year old life made better with these charming songs!

[@neomestra]

Aww

[@frog9524]

IKR, I'm really young but my life is much better too

[@kowhipp]

This comment is so wholesome ohmygod,,

[@XwX1001]

This comment and the resulting replies are quickly restoring my faith in humanity. c:

[@cheesewizard3965]

Incredible

[@ksnow983]

I'm convinced he's a 17th century bard trapped in modern times

[@SpikeyBagel]

a bard from the *17th* century? no, no, you must be mistaken. he's a fae and he was around in ancient greece, at least

[@Skeleleton]

Idk I just do stuff sometimes ancient Greece? Nah, probably since the beginnings of time

[@SpikeyBagel]

@@Skeleleton yeah, i can definitely see that. you're probably right

[@chaoticpoint8105]

@@Skeleleton Can't he be directly God?

[@Skeleleton]

@@chaoticpoint8105 most likely. We have all been thinking that for awhile now

[@goora1866]

The shift in tone of him talking about the bees pollinating everything "so all things can grow" to rotting and decomposing, again, "so all the things can grow" is so eerie

[@biggiecheese2602]

Not as eerie if you’re already a corpse

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

@@biggiecheese2602 Are you trying to tell us something?

[@azhyrbooth5982]

But also beautiful

[@feloniousbutterfly]

Welcome to the cycle of life.

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Nitrogen cycle moments

[@airkatmama4]

Cosmo is the piper and we are his rats lol love his music

[@MarcosVinicius-kz4ju]

Ooh so you're approaching me?!

[@natanieux]

@@MarcosVinicius-kz4ju I can't punch you if I don't get closer, BR!

[@princeramblerose]

rats, we’re rats, we’re the rats we prey at night, we stalk at night, we’re the rats

[@austing2473]

I couldn't agree more, I literally learned to waltz because of this song

[@renidere]

ya girl lila IM DA GIANT RAT THAT MAKES ALL OF DA RULES!

[@lofi_1223]

if someone told me that this man is just Apollo masquerading as a human, *I'd beleive them wholeheartedly*

[@ariark56]

Like. Look at him. Then look at Lester from trials of Apollo. it’s him

[@cielosphere]

@@ariark56 oh god youre right

[@ilasantarosa7195]

Gay Sauce Cosmo sounds more like the sun hidden behind clouds, I think

[@pennyrq9454]

@@gio1884 don't let Apollo see this

[@Vile_of_Riles]

Personally I get a Dionysus vibe from this music, but I'm glad I'm not the only one convinced about him being a god in disguise

[@itsbella8066]

He sounds like a mysterious man leading children into a new unknown world in an old forgotten fairytale, he’s like the reincarnated Pied Piper

[@saradrawsstuff]

It's Bella that sounds like a book plot

[@chasethemaster3440]

Nice

[@Kira-up5lw]

I first found Cosmo Sheldrake from his song "The Moss" and am now trying to listen to all his songs. The only problem is that I cry every time I hear them.

[@beta5924]

Yes.

[@thedarkestcreature2462]

I believe i found him through "Come along"

[@sooooooot]

same. (i didn't expect too find you here @Wren ? )

[@narratorcow3591]

I found him through Birthday Suit, but The Moss, Tardigrade Song, and Pelicans We are probably my favorites so far.

[@Kira-up5lw]

Cows Be Whisperin Heck yeah my guy! Birthday suit is such a great one. The songs in Pelicans We are so great too.

[@42_violets]

I really enjoy this song, it feels to me very much like a rebuttal of "Come Along", a kind of "morning after" to the high that that song is. It's a return to "reality" that shows that we can't truly "run away from the humdrum". Without hard word, there's no crops, and without rot (fermentation) there's no alcohol. Without alcohol, there's no feasting, a motif I've notice reoccur in Sheldrake's work. The idea that we cannot play if we never work isn't necessarily new, but the addition of rotting is very interesting. Not only do we need hard work, but we need rot, decay, mortality for us to be happy.

[@Vlad-si9xs]

To have peace you must first have war

[@megalunalexi5601]

I really love this theme, especially surrounding food. I love the importance of feasting, drinking, together with other people. Human connection, you know?

[@lekswig3316]

your brain is enormous

[@zadier4210]

So I really want to like, but it's at 420 so I'll come back when someone else ruins it.

[@user-nw3ol7fk1i]

This reminds me of a post I read once about how gods couldn't love the same way humans do because the need for love is grounded survival

[@nightcollapse]

your voice feels like a hug but in audio form if you get what I mean. It's comforting, reassuring, and has a lot of emotion, I guess.

[@thomasharrison8503]

Sometimes when I shit I cry, if you know what I mean. That must be a sign from god, I guess.

[@tylersitter6894]

@@thomasharrison8503 Nothing else it could possibly be

[@josephxandier2473]

Dexter Badger AJ OH MY GOD MY NAMES DEXTER

[@nightcollapse]

@@josephxandier2473 :D Dexter squad!

[@analisapena3086]

I don’t like hugs, but I like his music, does that mean it’s not true?

[@liath_]

French Lyrics : Eh bien, le temps qu'elle a fait comme le temps qu'elle fait (Well, time she did as time she does) Elle est passée le long de son chemin (She passed along her way) Et l'aube, elle s'est glissée comme une fille effrayée (And dawn, she crept like a frightened girl) Hors de l'emprise nocturne (Out from the nighttime's sway) Mais au cours du joyeux mois de mai (But in the merry month of May) Son jeûne solennel apprend (Her solemn fast does learn) Pour le printemps, il a jailli comme le printemps (For spring, it sprung as spring it does) Et mettre les abeilles au travail (And put the bees to work) Et ils doivent travailler et ils doivent travailler (And work they must and work they shall) Pour que tout grandisse (For all the things to grow) Car s'ils ne le font pas, comme le temps le sait (For if they don't, as time she knows) Ils se flétriraient sur le rameau (They'd wither on the bough) Et quelle honte de telles choses seraient (And what a shame such things would be) Pas de vin merveilleux pour toi et moi (No wondrous wine for you and me) Ni cidre, ni hydromel, ni soupe (No cider too, nor mead nor soup) Pour que nous fassions tous plaisir (For us to all make merry) Donc pourrir, fermenter et décomposer (So rot, ferment, and decompose) Donc, tout peut grandir (So all the things can grow) Oh vautrer dans le monde sans boisson (Oh wallow in the drinkless world) Et se flétrir sur la branche (And wither on the bough) Oh quel fardeau poussiéreux (Oh what a dusty burden) Ce nectar et le pollen (That nectar and the pollen) Comme Atlas avec les cieux (Like Atlas with the heavens) À l'arrière de sa tête (On the back of his head) Et s'ils devaient vaciller (And what if they should falter) Et hausser leurs petites épaules (And shrug their little shoulders) Eh bien, le temps, elle passerait tout de même (Well, time, she'd pass all the same)

[@theoneandonlymr.d]

i didn't know I needed this thank you

[@malaurymalfunctional]

merci

[@lafrenchone649]

Merci

[@The-great-googly-moogly]

yo a french cover would sound beautiful

[@oammaslastnamethei3063]

Everyone says French is cheezy and romantic but imo is a very emotion full and solemn language, especially in songs (maybe bc i grew with the French notre dame du Paris). I tried to sing along in the French version the best i can and tbh it really works and actually sounds quite lovely, I'd love a fully finished song!

[@josephxandier2473]

*whispers* imagine him singing Scarborough fair.

[@cryptidcore424]

That would be the best thing ever

[@Vlad-si9xs]

Damn he need to do a cover it would be the perfect cover

[@elmollica6309]

whispers back Omgerd that would be the best cover ever!!!!

[@AmberMayLynn]

If him and AURORA EVER did a song together, I’d die.

[@megalunalexi5601]

you're so *galaxy brain*

[@liyanur724]

You have inspired me to become an artist. Nearly every day I would do out into the garden, put on this song and sketch everything natural that I could see. If not your music, My art would never be like it is today.

[@JW-oe6nw]

What a fantastic form of inspiration to start your journey! I hope you're still doing it today!

[@tavvy4426]

Liya Nur DST PFP DST PFP

[@prismancy7182]

@@tavvy4426 not starving gang

[@CH-1060forEel]

@@prismancy7182 not starving gang

[@space676sof]

I hope you one day become a successful artist! I know you will trust me :D and don't forget me when you get famous! Hehe 🤭💜✨

[@carsonarson7586]

why do his songs give me pre- nostalgia

[@tuesdaywithanh]

Pre-nostalgia is a great word

[@pennyrq9454]

Dood you're just remembering it from another life

[@natanieux]

It's getting you now so when you get older it will give extra nostalgia from this time

[@Hermione222]

I’m picturing a circus of bees performing for a crowd of flowers. It’s a melancholic yet beautiful scene. What a gorgeous piece of music!

[@oscarmazariegos5501]

That's exactly whst i was thinking

[@Asparagus_stars]

Nobody’s gonna see this but I’ll have a go anyway... This song is literally saving me. I was having a horrible panic attack one evening as I suffer from chronic anxiety and I usually open up KZbin and watch videos to calm myself down. This song came up in my recommendations and I thought it was a speed draw of the fish and creatures on the cover because again...anxiety and not being able to think straight lol. This song started and I just kinda ... stopped. Idk I started listening to the harmonies and beautiful tune and I just kinda managed to resume normal breathing. I stopped crying and just shoved my head phones in harder and just listened. This was a few days ago but I’ve listened to this song like 100 times over the past few days. It just makes me feel like I’m not even human and I can just listen to this absolutely dreamy and beautiful song and not worry about all the stuff that’s going on in my life.I’m not usually into this kind of music lol... I listen to a lot of the killers and Artic Monkeys and things like that but I can safely say that this is one of my favourite songs... so again nobody is gonna see this lol but I just though I should say something as a thanks for this masterpiece :] and I know I’m like 2 years late ahah but the YT algorithm is a beautiful thing✨💚

[@TerriblePerfection]

I heard you. You're never alone. 🥰

[@Asparagus_stars]

@Luann Rouff 🥰💚✨🐸 you too! :}

[@lazuly_2496]

Don't worry, you are not alone.

[@timnixon7891]

I hope you're feeling well

[@Asparagus_stars]

@@timnixon7891 thank you so much man :) I’m actually doing way better now 💚

[@Aligynical]

This song makes me wish I knew how to waltz and had a dancing partner

[@reneebirman5211]

Cacelia Allen I’ll be your dance partner!

[@cloud6485]

No *I* wanna be their dance partner! >:(

[@reneebirman5211]

WEAVE S N A T C H E D :0

[@stoichiometryc8462]

Goddamn you now I want to do that with my crush. You've given me a new plan. Thank you and I guess also curse you but I cant choose wich Edit: added to my bucket list

[@eyeguy8995]

Waltz to Solar Waltz. Nice

[@tayiishaa]

Well time she did as time she does She passed along her way And dawn she crept like a frightened girl Out from the night time's sway But in the merry month of May A solemn fact does lurk For Spring it sprang as Spring it does And put the bees to work And work they must And work they shall For all the things to grow For if they don't as time she knows They'd wither on the bough And what a shame such things would be No wondrous wine for you and me No cider too, nor mead nor soup For us to all make merry So rot, ferment and decompose So all the things can grow Or wallow in a drinkless world And wither on the bough Oh what a dusty burden That nectar and that pollen Like Atlas with the heavens On the back of his head And what if they should falter And shrug their little shoulders? Well time she'd pass all the same

[@juniperrodley9843]

I think it's "solemn fast" rather than "solemn fact" :)

[@Schmoozer_]

@@juniperrodley9843 the song itself has lyrics in the description, which also say "solemn fact"

[@zerek-2993]

Once I heard"come along" I was hooked Great job, my new favorite artist

[@kirinbo115]

Z- master Same! For me it was “The Moss”

[@zerek-2993]

@@kirinbo115 I love that one too

[@twobadgersinatrenchcoat571]

@@kirinbo115Same, the moss really got me

[@LONE-SOUL]

Same here. I'm an instant fan after discovering come along

[@oddessey_arts8286]

smae

[@lunamenguante7908]

I was watching the clouds pass with this song as my only companion, I was alone feeling the grass on my body but i've had never felt so infinite in my life, the time was meaningless and all that I was doing was to see the shapes of all that clouds that were going in a row while I was listenig to the music, like if I were in some kind of carnival, some beautiful and magical carnival. Thank you cosmo for have done a song that makes me feel this way.

[@lunamenguante7908]

P.s: Sorry if I make a grammar mistake, english is not my native language

[@RealLiquidworm]

Hippie

[@amnutter5220]

Dang write a book cause that was poetry

[@oopsadaze]

I found myself dancing a 2-step twirling waltz (that just came out of nowhere) at the water's edge

[@dayhel2367]

@@oopsadaze same, I’m not one for dancing, but his songs always feel like they need it

[@NOWATCHDOG]

I never knew what the phrase "poetry in motion" meant until I listen to you, my god

[@NOWATCHDOG]

chill out, dude. go smoke some weed or something

[@NOWATCHDOG]

get yourself together, man. move to philly. buy a loft. start a noise band. get six or seven roommates. eat hummus with them. book some gigs. paint. smoke cloves. listen to animal collective. start some type of salsa company

[@NOWATCHDOG]

:(((((( you know what else is shallow? still me. suck it

[@NOWATCHDOG]

okay. let's strike a deal; i read the bible one time, and you, in return, smoke one fat joint. capisce?

[@NOWATCHDOG]

ok, i will GENUINELY do this as my end of the bargain if, AND ONLY IF, you actually smoke some pot. deal?

[@MagicalGirlContractor]

Is this what wandering Bards and Poets sounded like...? I feel like I regressed by 400 years... Where I am enjoying a little tid bit of entertainment, albeit somber, delivered by a fellow who barely has anything but his talent, amidst a life that although equally pitiful, is one I can live with. Such an amazing song, with poetic lyrics.

[@asbestosfish_]

Juichibey (Rabbit) Friend, This is the music that comes out of hill mounds in the Emerald Isle, I mean, what non-Fey has a name like Cosmo?

[@juniperrodley9843]

@@asbestosfish_ His brother is legit named Merlin Sheldrake in case he wasn't as obviously magical yet

[@Firestarfury]

Imma be real with you chief, you're the first artist that I've ever actually really loved

[@chesslord_2269]

Most beautiful compliment

[@tapewormsandstoplights2868]

If you like this then you would probably love the Shins 10/10 would recommend them

[@steam_junk]

My serama chicken Sinclair died in my arms today. This was the last song I sung him. I love your music so much,, it just has something to it that makes it so surreal. Thank you for making this.

[@jaxson9809]

This is how I, personally interpret this song. Time, passes, as time does. It always has, and always will. Time is a thing that no one can control. I think Cosmo is using bees to describe us, in a way. Or any creature in general. It's not about how much time we have left, but it's about how we use it. I think he's saying that we should use our time as much as we can and work as hardly as we can allow ourselves. We should make the most of what we have. No matter how we use our time on this Earth, when we're gone, we're gone forever. No matter how we handle life, it doesn't last forever. Accepting this and appreciating what we have will make our lives easier. No matter the meaning, this song is so beautiful. I love it so much.

[@jared9920]

WOW! this just changes everything i thought of this song! thank you, truly creative detailed comment you left! its great.

[@jaxson9809]

@@jared9920 i’m glad you liked my analysis!!:) this song is still really special to me

[@cinnabunii]

This is incredibly inspiring.

[@marianuin633]

Everything is dark. Only some lights illuminate the night. While you, in the car, are watching the people around you. You seem to be inside a bubble that is from another world. Everything seems to be a story. Magic. Magical. Like this song.

[@Sevensilversuns]

Do you see the soil grey? Or do those days fade.

[@solstice_soda701]

This song makes me so emotional over things I'd usually see as mundane. Like, this song treats the work that nature puts into creation with such reverence and respect. The honey, yeast, bacteria, and fruit that we use to make alchohol is made by something's grueling and endless effort for us to enjoy. Comparing a bee caring nectar and pollen to Atlas hold the world on his shoulders makes me wanna go outside and start crying at a beehive or something. AND AND how nature and time treats us with the same indifference because even without human intervention these things would happen anyway! I've never felt so very small yet so very loved.

[@Jacky-yc5go]

Still a wonder with hypnotic words that somehow never grow old to my ear, your music truly has a magic tinge to them, here four years later I still haven't grown tired of listening to your music on loop. Actually inspired my long forgotten poetic side, I appreciate the songs as much as I appreciate your creativeness and awareness of everything around us good and negative. Keep up the astounding work!

[@yolksocc]

this is so underrated holy shit this is amazing I feel like apollo is singing to my soul man this resonates with the sun

[@morgandusin2401]

I hope you value yourself as much as everyone here values you. Great work!

[@theonlybestful]

What a strange euphoria you invoke with your music Cosmo, the sound takesme to a place I have been and continue to be yet haunts me like a waking dream, this music sweeps me off my feat and seemingly wisks my soul off to a distant and familiar place, like something Miyazaki would imagine.

[@larimarsguidetocreativity5468]

As a dabbling musician, I want my music to be just as wonderful and whimsical as these masterpieces.

[@spyrim2697]

This is absolutely beautiful. It's one of those songs I want to keep to myself even tho it's absolutely worthy to recommend.

[@TheNochamol]

your profile picture! i'm screaming!!!

[@somethingwithbungalows]

TheNochamol oh godtant Rodoroprifle pccture

[@redarts4917]

No one else deserves you Cosmo I shall keep you secretsssssshhhhh

[@twinknecrosis]

you guys to realize how hurtful this is, right? wanting to keep artists "your little secret" is not a good thing for the artist, most artists _want_ to get their work out there so they actually get something back from all their hard work (be it money or just acknowledgement), wanting to keep someone's work a "secret" is basically saying you want the artist to fail, which is not the cute and quirky compliment you think it is. by all means, if you like someone's work, help spread the word and _do_ recommend it to other people, so the artist may grow and get compensated (and paid) for their hard work, it's what they deserve. Seeing someone make such beautiful and freely available content for you and then not wanting to see them becoming popular and succeeding just because you want their art to be your "special little thing" is just plain selfish and wrong. please support artists.

[@spyrim2697]

@@twinknecrosis chill, this comment is 2 years old and you can bet on it I recommended cosmo to loads of people during this time. But you do need to understand, sometimes songs are very personal to some and it needs time and the right people to share that kind of vulnerability :)

[@felixchaplin]

I'm a sucker for waltzes, and it's really unfortunate that you don't see a lot of new waltz songs these days. Thank you for making this amazingly beautiful song

[@MFmyk3]

I went down the rabbit hole of youtube looking for music to inspire me. Wow. Cosmo Sheldrake. After listening to several of your videos I had to comment. This genre of beautifully composed orchestra music, your vocals. I have not heard anything like this before. This, was what i was looking for.

[@stoichiometryc8462]

Honestly yeah. I found him out last year, and ever since this song has been more of a drug than anything for me. I completely relax.

[@stoichiometryc8462]

It really is beyond anything you would expect.

[@cryptticrow]

This is the best song about bees I've ever heard in my life

[@Grams5982]

that first minute right up till the lyrics start sound SO much like a Ghibli waltz from Howl's Moving Castle or Spirited Away--- Joe Hisaishi's grandiose, "lumbering" rhythms he uses to depict something massive and ponderous, with that beautiful brass section, are often like that. Pure beauty! You are so talented and I feel so at home listening to your music.

[@Zombie4harts]

Listened to this on my walk to school this morning. A truly magical experience when paired with the Arizona sunrise

[@acactus42]

my mom really appreciates the fact that this song is an actual waltz. thanks for giving her and i something to bond over :)

[@MarkConnely]

I adore the emotional ambiguity here. I feel that's really respectful to the listener.

[@rassamshareef4227]

I want to live and breathe inside this song.

[@adeleptz2027]

saaaame

[@falleneden926]

Stumbling upon your music was a wonderful way to pull me from my writer's block. Thank you, I hope you continue to make such hypnotizing works.

[@rachaeljameson2641]

This is one of those songs that makes me want to melt into a pool of happiness It is also a song I want to memorize and sing for my friends in my old age.

[@goora1866]

This songs pretty grim tho

[@thepinkviolinist]

@@goora1866 thats what all fairytales are. Its actually really great

[@kisroka7806]

Please, could you just go on forever like this? Sharing a new wonderful song each day?

[@ariark56]

this sounds like you’re dancing barefoot in a field somewhere outside of a medieval village. the sun fills your eyes and illuminated the world around you.

[@qyunii]

I want to waltz to this song but by myself. Just, an empty, mystical ballroom, some girl in a dress waltzing to this music coming from an unknown source. It seems so magical to me. If my future isn't the feeling of this song, I don't want it.

[@saradrawsstuff]

kazz That sounds beautiful

[@eyeguy8995]

This song can go on for 30 minutes and I wouldn't mind in the least

[@robotmaster4515]

Why is every song that includes waltz in it's name always go so hard. No actually I take it back, why do all waltz in general go so hard.

[@omransaeed1988]

Well, time she did as time she does She passed along her way And dawn, she crept like a frightened girl Out from the nighttime's sway But in the merry month of May Her solemn fast does learn For spring, it sprung as spring it does And put the bees to work And work they must and work they shall For all the things to grow For if they don't, as time she knows They'd wither on the bough And what a shame such things would be No wondrous wine for you and me No cider too, nor mead nor soup For us to all make merry So rot, ferment, and decompose So all the things can grow Oh wallow in the drinkless world And wither on the bough Oh what a dusty burden That nectar and the pollen Like Atlas with the heavens On the back of his head And what if they should falter And shrug their little shoulders Well, time, she'd pass all the same

[@BladeOfOlympus]

used to listen to this when was heavily depressed and dissasociating. dont know if it help but was very much big dreamlike vibes.

[@zolivajda208]

My son introduced me to your music, it brings out thoughts ...we were driving back from Mizzou and I was thinking of my wife, standing in the Heart OR, holding a heart or helping to stitch up a patient with blood everywhere ...your music took me right into the room as I watched her work to save a life ..

[@The_Lone_Outlaw]

Felt like one of those old school wandering musicians/circuses/plays/etc. They’d come to town and all the people from all around would to watch. All with wonder and curiosity to what the whole spectacle was about. Art in its truest form. No politics, no darkness. Just love for art and it’s many ways to entertain.

[@frunklebunk]

Just like stalkers tango, I wasn't ready for this to be an _actual waltz_

[@BeachedMermaid]

Cosmo sounds like a immortal Bard that's lived for thousands of years singing of everything he's witnessed.

[@hopeyxii]

this song makes me feel like im in a interestellar place, out of the earth, near to some star, like a astronaut just floating in space...

[@traveltheodyssey]

I can't describe the feeling I am feeling here. Or the vibes the whole album gives me. It's like nature?? But a certain type?? Like beetroot kvass is night, birth a basket is day, but literally every other one im not sure for. This one has flowers and bees though.

[@finpin2622]

This song let me stop, feel all the sadness and ends in the world, cry a bit, then soak in the knowledge that life is perfect in its chaos. So... Thanks.

[@neonkatt2349]

The joker and I couldn’t stop laughing after that happened to us so we would like to welcome you to happiness and ask that if you need someone to laugh with your always welcome to join us

[@Meowzipan]

Damn. This song is really about the way humans treat the earth, but at the same time, the interlocking of nature and the inevitability of time. Regardless of what happens, be it terrible or wonderful, time will pass as time she does.

[@ragingnovice2712]

This is a carnival waltz, and I genuinely want to waltz to it

[@novomundo864]

... this music makes my imagination explode, new characters to draw, new stories, the one that was forgotten by himself, and each time was lost in the small emptiness of his mind

[@reemffs]

You have no idea how much I love this song

[@jared9920]

THE MUSIC THIS GUY MAKES IS......*muaaa!* (just breathtaking)

[@nikimoon2871]

Something about the way the "No soup" sounds just hits different. Idk why, it just does. Beautiful 10/10

[@kamjohansen7662]

i listened to this high and imagined a gigantic mushroom walking with a forest of black trees atop its head

[@occulus4368]

Ya know, I may draw that actually

[@miep6032]

Okay, I need someone, anyone, to perform this with. Maybe not the whole orchestra but just the key instruments would be spread in the room and one of us would sit stationary with a guitar or lute or liar or similar in the middle, singing, and the other(s) wanders around and plays one instrument after another. And in the moments of instrumental patterns or during readjusting/changing of instruments, we behave like we lived together for centurys, sort of a married couple and sort of the cicle of day and night. It's an extremely specific vision, I know. I just thought it would fit the song so well.

[@morphitime]

I don't think I can explain how beautiful these songs are. However, they move me, and after reading the lyrics. Playing more and more of them. They give me this melancholy that almost moved me to tears. A sad joy that makes me long for a past I may never have had, and I love that.

[@cornerfolk]

y e e t. Another beautiful tune- Who am I kidding, at this point, you can’t expect anything but beauty from this dude! Keep it up, man.

[@lessonlearner9788]

With all these songs you should do every Wes Anderson movie from here on out.

[@monstertruckbattle]

I DEMAND COSMO GETS MORE LOVE

[@amyh5482]

The best word for this song is delightful. It feels like dancing in the clouds in a starry bright sky.

[@Emma.V.Rose.]

Okay, I have to admit. I have never in my entire life have heard anything like your music before. It's like getting lost in a forest, it's beautiful, mystical, creepy and different at the same time. You are quite underrated, and I don't know why.

[@indigoclues8118]

This song makes me feel like I’m following a bard through an enchanted forest ☺️

[@laidylaura13]

Once again I have to thank my discovery weekly for letting me hear such a sweet voice.

[@phosphophilyte9723]

his voice kinda reminded me of Woodkid such a charming beauty

[@jimshaw734]

Today is a rainy Saturday morning in 2024. I put on the Much Much How How and I. I am back in 2018, after my breakup. I am listening the Solar Waltz. I learn that time moves on and the cycles continue until they're broken. Thanks Cosmo.

[@SwordJester]

When i listen to this song,my brain imagines a sunrise on a beach,but not an ordinary one. An Eclipsed Sun,i also imagine a man dancibg alone,in a slow,orderly,waltz-like dance while playing the violin,and then a jump cut to a side close up of a mouth as the lyricks kick in,and then rach instrument as they come (come come) along. Its quite peculiar,but then at the "work they must" line,i imagine a cut to the eclipse,and then yhe camera clipping back to the mouth,only to turn and reveal the dancing man,singing on the same beach,staring into the sunrise,singing,holding his violin and bow,and then he dances once more as the beach comes along and washes his footprints away. And then at yhe "rot,ferment,and decompose" line,i see a single white flower in a forest,growing,and then wilting,and decomposing. And then back to the dancing violin man. And then it ends as the man dances,for all of eternity,on this eclipsed beach,performing a Solar Waltz. And then,fade to black as the dance,and song,end.

[@haileyartz3533]

I could listen to this music for hours and not get tired of it. It’s so enchanting and when you listen and close your eyes it takes you to another world. As an artist that has had art block for awhile now, I have so much inspiration just from this music

[@Withgreatpowercomesnofuture]

This is a waltzing sea shanty about bees

[@saradrawsstuff]

Sang by pirate bees

[@lemonberry_soda]

Currently trying to calm myself down right before my first job and immediately went to this. I think it's working though i can still feel my heart beating in my head haha. Im so nervous but this actually did help

[@GlitchyMoon]

What a great song about bees (It really is a great song)

[@Toast4606]

This song is weirdly calming :) I love it

[@caramelizedkiwi483]

I love how these songs tell a story

[@emma_exe3141]

all of your music gives me almost zelda or like elfish forest vibes and i love it

[@wisteria_i]

So beautiful and peaceful... It's been long time since i have heard such wonderfully nostalgic song... Należy Ci się uznanie Cosmo Sheldrake. Ukłony w twoją stronę...

[@derezapaniaguagaelmaximili2170]

This song fills me with so much calm and peace. I love it, but it saddens me that not many people know about this beautiful song.

[@metamorphony8834]

The voice feels like little dives into the Ocean.

[@phoneguy8369]

Absolutely beautiful work. Hey Mr. Sheldrake, do you plan on releasing these as instrumental tracks any time soon? I'd love to use these in a D&D campaign.

[@CosmoSheldrake]

i think that is the plan! maybe later this year

[@shadovars9477]

yes please.

[@djracem8579]

​@@CosmoSheldrake Hi! I was wanting to do some of your songs like this one as a solo for my choir concerts at my high school but I would need them as instrumentals lol Do you know when you might have them up?? Thank you!! (I absolutely adore your music so much lol)

[@KnukN]

They're available on spotify right now as instrumentals.

[@cloud6485]

@@CosmoSheldrake Can I just tell you how much I adore your songs? I can't tell you how many times I've listened to your songs in the middle of a panic attack. They really help to calm me down. I really appreciate your music and it makes me think. You must have a gorgeous personality if you can create such beautiful songs.

[@pktopia]

i heard this song when i was tripping balls on pain meds and it changed my life

[@goora1866]

Sometimes, youve got to wonder if others feel the same things that you do when u listen to this piece. Its difficult to know, however, since the feelings it gives off are too complex to put into words.

[@davestrider5951]

this song kinda reminds me of the saying "Live and Let Live." His voice is so soothing!

[@space6842]

Oh how I love a song about bees!

[@chaos_council7437]

I was listening to this when reading the last book in the "Defy the Night" series, "Destroy the Day", and now I can't listen to this song without crying... (That's a good thing to me, it means that this is a good song)

[@meowdoriya2433]

Absolute quality tbh

[@moodya]

This music is unlike anything else that I have heard before. It's just indescribable.

[@watses01]

Apple sold you to me...I can't stop listening to you Cosmo!

[@deoxxys]

I get lost in this song like a journey to a different land