Name: Hummingbird
Duration: P00H04M57S
Description: While writing the chorus line riff on the guitar a hummingbird flew up to my window and hovered for a moment. The peaceful moment reminded me of my grandmother, who at the time was dealing with age related dementia. So I combined the feelings I had about that with my feelings about being a consistently failing musician.

Hummingbird

from Mostly Live From Seatac by Polybanderous

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While writing the chorus line riff on the guitar a hummingbird flew up to my window and hovered for a moment. The peaceful moment reminded me of my grandmother, who at the time was dealing with age related dementia. So I combined the feelings I had about that with my feelings about being a consistently failing musician.

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Buried alive in a lounge chair facing Carson’s ghost
Surrounded by torn up novels of Louis L'amour
Widow with three sons who no longer breathe
Solitude took the place of family
And a washed up king on a broken throne is no lasting legacy

She stares from a porch watching flocks returning to nest
He stares from a balcony watching cities continue to grow
Both of them contemplating

The hummingbird, the hummingbird, the hummingbird, the hummingbird

With nothing to say the moment took its leave
With nothing learned the long forgotten conversation became a dream
Silence took the place of treasured friends
While whispers in the ear burned failure upon the singers lips
The quest for meaning has taken its toll

She sits on a porch watching flocks returning to nest
He stares from a balcony watching cities continue to grow
Both of them contemplating

The hummingbird, the hummingbird, the hummingbird, the hummingbird

Fly from the consequences of wings soaked with crimson love
Darting through the branches of a dying tree madness blooming the garden of our sophistry
Fly from the consequences, fly from the consequences, fly from the consequences.
fly from the consequences of the hummingbird
Of the hummingbird, Of the hummingbird, Of the hummingbird

The hummingbird, the hummingbird, the hummingbird

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from Mostly Live From Seatac, released November 4, 2023

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Polybanderous Seattle, Washington

Polybanderous creates original looper-based songs that blend alternative, soul, rock, & pop genres. Drum and bass tracks are layered with live vocals, sax, and guitar to celebrate a love for all the bands Polybanderous is lucky enough to be a part of.

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