The song marks the "beginning of their epic journey and friendship" "The Ghost on the Shore"įurther information: " The Ghost on the Shore" Huron and Blaquefut then spend time together, looking at the map and the stars for navigational purposes, and building a raft, which they use to leave the island. Blaquefut initially tries to attack Huron, but he shows him the photograph, which stops the assault. He searches the island and encounters Blaquefut, the man in the portrait, speaking to three ghosts. He has a photograph of an admiral and a map with him. In the music video, Huron washes up on a sandy shoreline. As the song goes on, the place feels less and less familiar to Huron and he feels exceedingly lost and lonely.īen Schneider explained that the song "chronicles Huron's first encounter with Admiral Blaquefut." The landscape initially feels familiar to him, and though he searches all day, he never finds anyone. In "Lonesome Dreams," Huron describes haunting and lonesome dreamscapes, where he lands on an island coast where the only souls he sees are ghosts. Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams (Official Music Video) In the "Time to Run" music video, Huron is running away across the desert, with Sri Tumbleweed's cronies in hot pursuit.įurther information: " Lonesome Dreams (song)" It is not clear what he did, but he tells her "I wanted everyone to know that you're the girl for me" and to not tell anyone where he went because they will come looking for him. In "Time to Run," Huron explains that it is time to run, saying "they'll string me up for all that I've done, I'm going soon, gonna leave tonight by the light of the moon, I did it all for you, well, I hope you know the lengths I've gone to" to the female character and again asks her to run away with him to find a life way out west. Lord Huron - Time To Run (Official Music Video) Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams - "Time to Run" The video ends on a shot of the couple's graves.Īt the beginning of the "Ends of the Earth" video, there is an advertisement for Vernon's Chubbies. Then, in a mysterious and cataclysmic scene, all the people on the train disintegrate to skeletons, as the cowboy and woman lean in for a kiss. The convict then fights the cowboy and the woman knocks out the convict with her parasol. The escaped convict steals the woman's locket and other train passengers' valuables, but the cowboy bumps into him while dancing, and the locket bounces free. There is a woman with a parasol who hides a locket in a lock box, a prisoner who escapes from custody, and a cowboy who dances with the woman. In the "Ends of the Earth" music video, animated characters are depicted on a train in the Old West. At the end of the song he say he will set out on his journey alone.
He tells her that just because he's ready to die for her doesn't mean he is ready to stay: his wanderlust is too strong to remain in one place. In "Ends of the Earth," Huron describes the landscapes and adventures of the world that call out to him and asks a female character to join him. Lord Huron - Ends of the Earth (Official Music Video) Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams - "Ends of the Earth" *Bonus final track for streaming and UK CDįurther information: " Ends of the Earth" Lonesome Dreams and Strange Trails "exist within the same world, but they are separated by time, location and different characters." Songs Song It is set in "a world like ours, but compressed, enhanced, and exaggerated." A 2013 version of Johnson's website indicates the track list of the album Lonesome Dreams is the chronological order of the story, so this article is organized in that sequence.Īccording to Ben Schneider, the inspiration for Lonesome Dreams came from a trip to Indonesia, during which he took samples of gamelan music, and from evening drives through the desert in the United States.
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The novel series unfolds non-chronologically, following the wide-ranging adventures of several characters - chiefly Huron, Admiral Blaquefut and Helena - whose stories intertwine. The official lyrics are available in the CD and vinyl liner notes. The songs are not credited to particular characters, but the music videos and fictional novels provide some context. The events in the album follow characters from a series of adventure novels by George Ranger Johnson. Lonesome Dreams is Lord Huron's debut album.
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