A song about vision, wayfaring, and the dead. "Roam" was written c.a. 2021 during a period of intense reflection.

The image seen in the center of the track's art comes from the Wellcome Collection in London, U.K. It is cataloged as:

A traveller is sitting in the shade of a tree with his cloak off and he is shown in the background buffeted by the wind, wrapping his cloak around him. It is an illustration of the fable “The sun and the wind” by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby. Etching by W. Hollar.

The surrounding fleurons, or 'printer's flowers,' come from the public domain. They are found as decorative elements from a 1862 reprint of King Charles I's 1633 decree of sports.

Lyrics:

In the furnace of the midnight sun, the heat struck to my bones
Strong with all I had I did declare that I was damned to roam
When you’re out clawing at the road you have no hearth or home
And the only ember from the source into the sea is thrown 

The visions found me when I ceased to look, they were a vast connected chain
Like the word inside a foreign book, the full translation came

Revelation is that golden tome the fool alone can read
Revolution is a turning wheel, not a slate wiped clean

With the dead, all the living share their bread
Lifting up and letting down, all returning the ground

Body naked, back uncloaked, the feral night untied
Radiant, the fire can’t be choked
The blaze you must abide

Crying out in tongues I sang, I hailed the chasm far and wide
In the terror of the great expanse, surrendered to the tide

With the dead, all the living share their bread
Lifting up and letting down, all returning the ground

With the dead, all the living hang their heads
Sifting through and searching ‘round
All returning the ground

Roam (original mix)

Danny Scope is an independent songwriter and guitarist based on the borderlands of Pennsylvania and New York State. His music imbues stripped down instrumental elements with a seeker's impulse. A forthcoming album entitled "Roam" will be released in January 2025.