William Butler
William Butler
Multi-instrumentalist for the band Arcade Fire who plays bass, synth, guitar, and percussion. He has also worked on movie soundtracks, like the one for Her.
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth6 October 1982
fixed knowing star
I have no question:It is enough, I know what fixed the stationOf star and cloud.And knowing all, I cry. . . .
child half sleeps storm
Once more the storm is howling, and half hidUnder this cradle-hood and coverlidMy child sleeps on.
believe
If you believe in God,You are my soul's one friend.
god mad travels wicked wild
Because I am mad about womenI am mad about the hills,"Said that wild old wicked manWho travels where God wills. . . .
ask eyes face lashes lips looking mirror
If I make the lashes darkAnd the eyes more brightAnd the lips more scarlet,Or ask if all be rightFrom mirror after mirror,No vanity's displayed:I'm looking for the face I hadBefore the world was made.
bed clock creep midnight
I at midnight by the clock may creep into your bed.
agreed believe call creating depths eyes illusions magic minds philosophy power practice though truth visions
I believe in the practice and philosophy of what we have agreed to call magic, and what I must call the evocation of spirits, though I do not know what they are, in the power of creating magic illusions in the visions of truth in the depths of the minds when the eyes are closed.
call judge
I call on those that call me son,Grandson, or great-grandson,On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts,To judge what I have done.Have I, that put it into words,Spoilt what old loins have sent?
dried joy natural sap
The fascination of what's difficultHas dried the sap out of my veins, and rentSpontaneous joy and natural contentOut of my heart.
believe beloved copy creates daily defines image love lover mere mirror refusing secret sees self wise
In wise love each defines the secret self of the other, and refusing to believe in the mere daily self, creates a mirror where the lover or the beloved sees an image to copy in daily life; for love also creates the Mask.
beating ghost roger
The ghost of Roger Casement is beating on the door.
friends-or-friendship issue remake
The friends that have it I do wrongWhen ever I remake a song,Should know what issue is at stake:It is myself that I remake.
beauty changed terrible
All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born.
forget hour kiss love passion sad season souls tear thy weary worn
The hour of the waning of love has beset us,And weary and worn are our sad souls now;Let us part, ere the season of passion forget us,With a kiss and a tear on thy drooping brow.