Named for Victor Hugo's beneficent bishop, Bienvenu is a welcoming word of grace which sets in motion a journey full of tension and struggle. There is darkness and desolation to be found on the road, but there is also hope. Always hope. And in the end, we find ourselves just where we began, with that simple grace continually urging us to call the journey home.

Wise Old River

The End (feat. Scenic Route)

Stand

Simple Thing

Be Yourself And Love

A sister EP to daniel's debut album, Epilogue marries life with literature, exploring individual stories of grace, questions, and hard-fought redemption.

Epilogue

Beautiful, Sad Smile

Desert Father

Bienvenue (feat. Seth O'Kegley)

If you haven't read The Velveteen Rabbit, I'm so sorry. Probably just go to the library now and come back for this later. Or just listen to a reading of it on YouTube. Once you've read the story, you'll know I need say nothing more.

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LYRICS:
I told the others dancing is all foolishness
That sitting still is wise
Well, truth be told, I’ve never danced a moment in my life
But how I long to dance tonight
 
So here I sit, still, waiting for my wisdom now
But met alone here in the dark by foolish pride
You told me once that I was real, and I believed you at the time
But tonight I think I’ve never known less of life
 
‘Cause now you’re gone, and I’m so lost,
And I’m longing to be seen
For a time I felt alive, but has it all been just a dream?
Well, am I real or am I velveteen?
 
The wise one told me being real is such a simple thing
But it’s as hard as hell
Well, what’s the use of being loved if it only ends like this?
It’s only worn away the walls of my citadel

And now you’re gone, and I’m so lost,
And I’ve been longing to be seen
I played at life to die here in fire and lies;
Oh, let it all be just a dream!
Well, am I real or am I velveteen?


Peace, my child -- oh, you restless child --
You are more alive tonight than you might fear.
The road you’ve travelled here has broken your heart
And brought you to life in love through laughter and tears;
So, let your heart keep aching, breaking open, pouring love,
Teaching all the world to dance, to weep, to laugh, to come alive
Because your heart is beating now;
So, let your heart keep beating.

Epilogue: The BIenvenu Stories

Velveteen (feat. Taylor Hutchison)

In the midst of a grand narrative filled with overwhelming evil, Luna Lovegood is a quiet, pervasive presence, offering hope to the heroes and reminding them what and whom they’re fighting for. We need Luna in our world, I think. We need the moonlight on our darkest nights. We need to be reminded that people are for loving and that life is somehow still beautiful, despite all our brokenness and division. This is Luna's song for us.

Luna

maker of music, learner of things, teacher of people, toucher of lamb's ear.

daniel couper

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