Old Theory of Love
from American Bardo by Anders/O'Bitz
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I imagined this as a Vollman-Bevins duo sung after they accidentally haunt each other while haunting Lincoln.
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Old Theory of Love
(A Vollman-Bevins Duet)
(©2019 Anders/O’Bitz)
It was Aristophanes
And his old theory of love
Told us how we look to find
Our lost half for whole
And we never realized
‘Til then the other could
As we haunted tall and thin
Entered each his soul
Ah, Ah, ah ha, ha ha oh
It was full astonishment
So late for us to know
Our extreme sense of empathy
Was what made us whole
We discovered so much more
Than who he was and war
We now know that this empathy
That is what life’s for
Ah, Ah, ha oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Wait!
Does this all have to mean
A violence starts our world
Zeus cuts from our other half
Into the void we’re hurled
And what hope is there to find
And be found before we’re gone
And I know we have to be this violence
To find be found as one
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
(A Vollman-Bevins Duet)
(©2019 Anders/O’Bitz)
It was Aristophanes
And his old theory of love
Told us how we look to find
Our lost half for whole
And we never realized
‘Til then the other could
As we haunted tall and thin
Entered each his soul
Ah, Ah, ah ha, ha ha oh
It was full astonishment
So late for us to know
Our extreme sense of empathy
Was what made us whole
We discovered so much more
Than who he was and war
We now know that this empathy
That is what life’s for
Ah, Ah, ha oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Wait!
Does this all have to mean
A violence starts our world
Zeus cuts from our other half
Into the void we’re hurled
And what hope is there to find
And be found before we’re gone
And I know we have to be this violence
To find be found as one
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
Ah, ah ha, ha oh oh
credits
from American Bardo,
released July 31, 2020
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O’Bitz - Electric Guitar and Piano
MikeButler - Electric Guitar
Jason Littlefield - Electric Bass
Matt Lynott - Drums
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O’Bitz - Electric Guitar and Piano
MikeButler - Electric Guitar
Jason Littlefield - Electric Bass
Matt Lynott - Drums
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Anders/O'Bitz California
Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more
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