The Oh Hellos
The Lament of Eustace Scrubb - The Oh Hellos
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Arranged by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Guitar performed by Tyler Heath
Vocals performed by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Mixed and mastered by Charlie Kramsky
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Arranged by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Instruments performed and programmed by Tyler Heath
Vocals performed by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Additional vocals performed by Zack Wiggs
Mixed and mastered by Charlie Kramsky
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Lyrics by Maggie Heath
Pedal Steel performed by Zack Wiggs
Instruments performed and programmed by Tyler Heath
Vocals performed by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Additional vocals performed by Michelle Ayoubi, Joshua Heinlein, Carley High, Reagan Smith, Zack Wiggs
Mixed and mastered by Charlie Kramsky
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Arranged by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Instruments performed and programmed by Tyler Heath
Vocals performed by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Mixed and mastered by Charlie Kramsky
Listen: theohhellos.fanlink.to/tohfca2
Arranged by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Instruments performed and programmed by Tyler Heath
Vocals performed by Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath
Additional vocals performed by Zack Wiggs
Mixed and mastered by Charlie Kramsky
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Written, recorded, performed and produced by Tyler Heath and Maggie Heath
Mixed and Mastered by Charlie Kramsky
Sometimes a song magically takes on a life of its own, years after its original release, and we just think that's neat. The attention and affection we've seen for Soldier, Poet, King has been genuinely mind-boggling, and it's been a true honor to witness the love and creativity on display in your covers, fan art, TTRPG playlists, OC cosplays, and more.
So, in celebration of the 8th anniversary of our album Dear Wormwood, we're releasing an official "Soldier, Poet, King" lyric video!
Designed by Dreambear Studios, this video brings these three archetypes to life in delightful popup storybook fashion.
Thanks for listening!
- Tyler & Maggie
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From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
From the album Through The Deep, Dark Valley (Ten Year Anniversary), released October 28, 2022
theohhellos.fanlink.to/TTDDV10
Remastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Alan Hynes
Animation by Cale Potts
Mixed and mastered by Charlie Kramsky
Artwork by Lauren Hom
theohhellos.fanlink.to/HelloMyOldHeart10
"Listening to this EP is like time traveling, for us. Suddenly we’re back in the house we grew up in, all the furniture shoved up against the walls of an old bedroom so the guitars and drum set would fit.
As we planned this ten-year anniversary vinyl release, we wanted to revisit the song that effectively started our career, but we knew that we couldn’t just sing it the same way ten years later and still feel honest. A lot of growth and change can happen in ten years, so the performance needed to change, too. New chords, new harmonies, a pared-down arrangement, and fond recollections of all the times you sang along with us on the road have made Hello My Old Heart feel new to us for the first time in a decade. We hope it brings back some good memories for you, the way it has for us.”
Lyrics:
hello my old heart
how have you been
are you still there inside my chest?
I've been so worried
you've been so still
barely beating at all
oh, don't leave me here alone
don't tell me that we've grown
for having loved a little while
oh, I don't want to be alone
I want to find a home
and I want to share it with you
hello my old heart
it's been so long
since I've given you away
and every day I add another stone
to the walls I built around you
to keep you safe
hello my old heart
how have you been?
how is it, being locked away?
well don't you worry
in there, you're safe
and it's true, you'll never beat
but you'll never break
nothing lasts forever
some things aren't meant to be
but you'll never find the answer
until you set your old heart free
until you set your old heart free
Shot and edited by Joey Chance
Directed by Maggie Heath Chance
Shot and edited by Joey Chance
Directed by Maggie Heath Chance
Shot and edited by Joey Chance
Directed by Maggie Heath Chance
Shot and edited by Joey Chance
Directed by Maggie Heath Chance
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
am I still speaking?
yeah, I’m long in the wind
I’ll go on and on and on again
if my chest don’t cave in
when did I last breathe in
am I empty again
oh, that wind that I’ve been spending
is a long one my friend
be the sun as my witness,
better prophets could pen
a thousand words for every chord
I could ever begin
may their carbon given
be an echoing hymn
that goes on and on and on again
so long as I live
(ooh)
(ooh)
round, around, a round again
will you start where I end
am I still speaking?
yeah, I’m long in the wind
I’ll go on and on and on again
if my chest don’t cave in
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
what do you find within the lines of
distant suns
and their systems
where I come up empty?
what have those painted songs of heroes
or the moon
herculean
pulling a half of me?
are we not threaded by the same weave
of the wind
terra firma
and unparted sea?
whether by accident or fortune
you and I
we are matter
and it matters
I want to spin something out of nothing
lead to gold
spring from winter
story from moted sky
I wanna help mother up an orchard
from a seed
up through sapling
daughter phoenix, rise
the way they encourage one another
to push high
touch the sunlight
against their tender leaves
they’ll be full grown before you know it
and as I breathe
so does she
we are breathing
so let me melt down like mountain glaciers
break the bonds
I’ve been holding onto
let ‘em soften me
‘til every part that I am made of
waters deep
to the roots
of something greener
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
I've heard
since I was younger
that oil and water don't mix
they're polar opposites
with a molecular rift you can't fix
but I swear with all your burnt bridges,
you could leech what’s caustic and find
a rudimentary lye
some kind of miraculous bind
oh no, I think I’m not quite ready
to let you circle the drain
all the things we’ve broken
can be puzzled together again
all your sums and your pieces
are enough to clean up
all the messes you’ve made
I think that you’re worth keeping around
I think you’re worth holding onto
I’ve heard if I were tougher
then maybe I’d make it alive
I got a tender side
I’ll need a harder shell to survive
but if seeing is believing
I don’t know I’ve seen a thing grow
without an open coat
not without a softness showing
I know maybe you’re not quite ready
to loosen your hold
on the safety blanket
you been keeping around your shoulders
but your sums and your pieces
are enough to make you whole
you gotta let go
I think that you’re worth keeping around
I think that you’re worth holding onto
it’s gonna hurt like hell
but we’re gonna be well
I’ll give you my best shot
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
at the edges of my fingers
never quite closing round it
oh, that peace like a river
always going, but never getting
seems like maybe it’s not all that much a place
as it is a way
and ways don’t ever seem to want to
stay too still for too long
isn’t that what it’s all about?
the slow trickling thaw that sets the banks in half
the sweet melody it makes when the canyons crack
I wanna give it all I’ve got, and I want nothing
I want nothing back
whatever kingdom come, it probably won’t come quick
no mighty clarion to announce it
no single use ark to discard in an instant
like Theseus’s ship, we’ll fix the busted bits
‘til it’s both nothing like and everything
it’s always been
it’s a wonder we expect a thing to
stay the same at all
maybe that’s what it’s all about
we keep fixing what we know is only bound to break
what’s worth saving is never worth letting go to waste
I want to mend what I’ve got, instead of throwing away
ain’t nothing come easy
no, nothing comes quick
it’s gonna hurt like hell to become well
but if we set the bone straight
it’ll mend
it’ll fix
and we’ll be well
ain’t nothing come easy
no, nothing comes quick
but I want for you this: that you are well
I want for us this: that we are well
released October 16, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
somewhere down south of here
there's a woman with an armload of grass
weaving a basket
that'll float the Rio Grande
she'll send her baby on it
the river running wild and fast
to curry the favor
of whatever pharoah owns the land
a seed of an idea, like mustard greens
like newborn fingers,
curled and half asleep
awake
from her mouth, a vineyard
of swears and hallelujahs entwined,
a new wine is vinted
a blend of sweet commandment
oh, to hell with the semantics
the camel and the cable confide
the eye of a needle
is tall enough to stand inside
a seed of an idea, like mustard greens
like newborn fingers
curled and half asleep
awake with a thunder from underneath
stretch up and reach through
the hardest part of me
may all our tinfoil idols
lay crumpled on the ground
and our pre-fab Olympus
divided by the thousand
oh, maybe I’m naive for thinking
that a mountain so stubborn can move
but if I’m a mountain moving
I think maybe you can be, too
10.2.2020
🎥: Louie Zong
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
in the end, I’m feeling
more and more
there won’t be any end
no ice walls
no frozen firmament
to clearly define
the corners and lines
of a divine invention
so paper-thin
you see right through it
but I bet
when you can’t find an edge
by a map half-written
it could feel like the end
to have to keep going
the inkwells
of prophecy
and cartography
dried up long ago
they’re hoarse from speaking
of our studied hesitation
to shoulder the weight
of our bad-behaving
when Atlas shrugs,
whose back is breaking?
and I know
how it feels to the hands
heavy as the heavens
a weight that could fold you
to keep holding
well, you’ll stand
like you stood as a babe
tugging at the house plants
all on your own
honest and truly
you’ll rise like land
pulled up at the sound of some strange commandment
a moon alight
reflecting fully
and I guess
it would feel like rebirth
out of some kind of dying
to see yourself so glowing
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
wars are raising for her
crusades to adore her
the light of your afterword
are you losing her true nature
when you loosen nomenclature
when you gift another moniker?
what’s true is like a sickle
it’ll cut you to the middle
that your rose is without a thorn
but no, my mouth don’t taste of metal
from the pot here to the kettle
I think we got a lot we gotta learn
and even though by any other name
her scent would linger sweetly, all the same
call her briar long enough
and you’ll tangle up the true and the fable
your dowry isn’t fooling
the pyrite is showing through
it won’t buy you that empty tomb
and no alchemic incantation
for a counterfeit salvation
can appease your leviathan groom
no, love’ll get you slaughtered
like a ram at the altar
what is safe ain’t the same as what is good
so lay compress to the aching
of your body made for breaking
we’ve got a lot of breaking left to do
‘cause even under any other creed
the crucifix and the hangman - they both agree
change comes so cheaply
for those of us already at the table
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
I don’t mean to speak so collectively
I know I don’t make it easy
to even wanna hear it
what can I say, what can I say, what can I say
the more I recite it
the more you wanna fight it
the more my language is sounding fabricated
but if there’s one thing I know
it’s either the growing is slow
or it cuts to the bone
moving too quickly
so I’ll keep half of my words in my mouth
let the syllables fall out
at a steady trickling
I’ll be your roof caving in
you don’t know what you don’t know yet
yeah, I go on forgetting it
don’t you go on forgetting it, too
don’t you go on forgetting it
I don’t mean to speak so intrusively
I know I don’t make it easy
to even wanna see it
nothing old, nothing new
but if there’s two things I know
it’s that the sky looked white and the water like wine
when I first met you
but somewhere along the line
Rayleigh scattered across my eye
and I found her blue
yeah, I found her blue
I must have found a new cone in my eye
what other lapis lazuli was hiding
behind my color blindness
what did I miss, what did I miss, what did I miss
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
when the feeling leaves you
it moves so slow
like the loose change from your front pocket
you don't even feel it go
when the bitter creeps in
to bite you whole
a spectre unreflected, oh
it keeps you cold
when you keep your linens
like virgin snow
like a blanket of white
unbroken by the soil below
the sound don’t carry
won’t rise or fall
it damps the racket, chokes it back
a strangle hold (awoo)
well, you paved your Hades
with precious stone
made an heirloom to patricians and the
rich alone
and the toll for crossing
I'd owe Charon
would atrophy a half of me
the heart of gold
well, I’m not quite ready
to turn to bone
to petrify the shred of life
I’m holding onto
there’s no peace to upset
that spirit’s flown
this ossified philosophizing’s
getting old
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
released September 4, 2020
Produced by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Written by Maggie Heath, Tyler Heath
Performed by The Oh Hellos
lyrics:
with my back on the floor
cold linoleum icing my growing pains
watch the ceiling fan turn its shape again
my threads are coming loose
yeah, I’m one spoon away
from setting the ends of my hair on fire
if I’m kindling for a little while
at least I’d feel of use
maybe then my breath could embody
a wildfire starting
I’d sweep up the forest floor
and my body breathe life into the corners
be a darker soil
making lists, folding laundry,
keeping tidy with my radio show
I’d be lying if I told you
I’m keeping tidy anymore
yeah, I swing from believing
that maybe my working will all pay off
to considering drinking with Molotov
I’m halfway out the door
promise me that you’ll start
where I end
and I promise to give you everything
that I am
we’ll go on and on and on again
in the end, all I hope for
is to be a bit of warmth for you
when there’s not a lot warmth left
to go around
credits
Recording Engineer - Tyler Heath. Additional engineering by Matthew Hagerman
Mixed and Mastered by Charlie Kramsky
🎥: by Jaylon Ashaun
Many more shows to go, hope to see you on the road!
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🎬: Jaylon Ashaun
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Video by: http://www.networkaffect.org
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🎥 Produced by Network Affect with additional footage by Shimmer-Ready Productions
🎵 The Truth Is A Cave
We hope to see you on The Christmas Extravaganza Tour http://bit.ly/tohXmas
December 6: Austin, TX - Emo's
December 9: St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall
December 10: Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
December 11: Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall
December 13: Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
December 15: Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
December 16: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
December 17: Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
🎥: Kelsey Duncan + team Oh Hellos
Filmed, directed and edited by Rob Jackson, Creative House Motion: http://www.creativehousemotion.com
We love you Colorado!
Song is "Soldier Poet King"
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