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
berry god
Doubtless God could have made a better berry (than the strawberry), but doubtless God never did
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?
friendship gives god man praised
May God be praised for womanThat gives up all her mind,A man may find in no mana friendship of her kind.
black broken god great passing time-and-time-management tread
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
bitter crafty gets godly land nobody
The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
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. . . .
wise angel godly
The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
god running nature
All that could run or leap or swim Whether in wood, water or cloud, Acclaiming, proclaiming, declaiming Him.
god hatred soul
Thought is a garment and the soul's a bride That cannot in that trash and tinsel hide: Hatred of God may bring the soul to God.
god purple care
He Who is wrapped in purple robes, With planets in His care, Had pity on the least of things Asleep upon a chair.
beauty god heaven
And God would bid His warfare cease, Saying all things were well; And softly make a rosy peace, A peace of Heaven with Hell.
god time oxen
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
truly
Really and truly -- I've nothing to wear.
cent cost five heard hundred jewelry mean moment ten wide worth
But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,When at the same moment she had on a dressWhich cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,And jewelry worth ten times more, I should guess,That she had not a thing in the wide world to wear!