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
bet cannot embody irish-poet man truth
Man can embody truth bet he cannot know it.
burnt candle drops mountains time
Time drops in decay,Like a candle burnt out,And the mountains and woodsHave their day, have their day;
burnt candle drops mountains time woods
Time drops in decay, Like a candle burnt out, And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day;
dried listen soon
I'd as soon listen to dried peas in a bladder, as listen to your thoughts.
blind content life man
I am content to live it all againAnd yet again, if it be life to pitchInto the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch,A blind man battering blind men.
bear burden god great men might pray
I bear a burden that might well tryMen that do all by rule,And what can IThat am a wandering-witted foolBut pray to God that He easeMy great responsibilities?
cast cold pass
Cast a cold eyeOn life, on deathHorseman, pass by!
caught intellect monuments music neglect sensual
Caught in that sensual music all neglect monuments of unaging intellect
knowledge straw worth
I would be -- for no knowledge is worth a straw --Ignorant and wanton as the dawn.
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I have certainly known more men destroyed by the desire to have a wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots
bad believed best good lantern man swing
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe it is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swing his lantern higher.
expectation fails girl grows habit man pleasing walk
No expectation fails there,No pleasing habit ends,No man grows old, no girl grows cold,But friends walk by friends.
expectation fails girl grows habit man pleasing walk
No expectation fails there, No pleasing habit ends, No man grows old, no girl grows cold, But friends walk by friends.
full hearts remain sweetness
Nothing but sweetness can remain when hearts are full of their own sweetness.