Windows

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"**Windows**" is an October Noir song included on their third album *Fate, Wine, & Wisteria*, released in 2021. This song was released as the album's lead single on August 22, 2021 and has the music video accompanying it. The video was filmed in central and southern Alabama so to contain variety of scenes as if being filmed in different parts of the world. This song is about finding a savior while feeling miserable and being able to see things around the world through meditation.

"Windows" is split into four named parts called cantos, just like a one-intersecting cross on the window splitting into four parts. The first canto is named "Windows", which contains all the main verses and choruses of the song. The second canto is "Beckoned Call", which features acoustic sounds, bass strums, and tones of piano. There is just one four-line lyragraph in the canto. The third canto is titled "Forever", which utilizes same composition but different rhythm than the first canto, but then the same rhythm returns in the last canto revisiting the first.

## Lyrics

**[Canto I. "Windows"]**

Thought I'd be better off alone

without a feeling inside

But my heart froze

as you stood waiting that night

Well are you giving me the run around?

Will it be my soul I must sell?

But I couldn't say no

to find those feelings she hides

(Pride)

A bright light that shines

This angel of flame

Staring in your eyes

Uttered not but spoke everything

But you can't stop nor stall fate

I should've known better - too late

Now I can't let go

counting those feelings she hides

(Fright)

Oh no

Her windows show me the world

Oh no

My little enchanted girl

A thief in the night

I found my spirit stolen

Saint Valentine

I can finally call you a friend

Though my heart has been ripped out of place

playing Cupid's stupid games

But she held me close

and found my feelings inside

(Alive)

Oh no

Her windows show me the world

Oh no

My little enchanted girl

**[Canto II. "Beckoned Call"]**

Atop observing masses

where giants are so small

My solitude and yearning

a silent beckoned call

**[Canto III. "Forever"]**

Will you find me amongst shadows?

For her eyes know not the dark

Would you run from your forever

when forever feels like home?

Though the orchard always whispers

of the blackest pines afar

My blood sometimes found waning

but the wine helps numb the want

**[Canto IV. "Windows" (reprise)]**

Oh no

Her windows show me the world

Oh no

My little enchanted girl

Oh no

Her windows show me the world

Oh no

My little enchanted girl

## Personnel

* **Tom Noir** – vocals, bass, writing, production
* Doug Lane – guitar, production
* Daniel Stickz Bryant – drums
* Justin Thompson – keyboards, piano
* Wicked Wind Music – engineering, mixing, mastering, production

1. "The Haunting"
2. "Volatile"
3. "Trinity"
4. "Alpha Omega"
5. "Exhume"
6. "Silicon"
7. "Deep Woods"
8. "Vertebra Seraphim"
9. "Feel Heart Love"
10. "Beautifool"

1. "Tombstones"
2. "Burn"
3. "Spellbound"
4. "Little Drummer Boy"
5. "Symmetry"
6. "Black Light"
7. "Lavender"
8. "The Veil"
9. "Her Dark Embrace"
10. "Cauterize"

2. "**Windows**"
3. "Reverence (Make You Love)"
4. "Effigy"
5. "Wine"
6. "Persephone"
7. "Serendipity"
8. "Wanderlust"
9. "Cradle the Monster"
10. "Wisteria"
11. "Sistinas"
12. "Proverbs"
 ***Letters to Existence***

1. "Spring"
2. "Endless Lonely"
3. "A Halo Hung from Horns"
4. "Forever Haunt"
5. "Deja View"
6. "Summer to Autumn"
7. "Clench"
8. "Tourniquet"
9. "For Honor"
10. "Flash Paper Matches"
11. "She's Gone"
12. "Winter"

* "Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)"
* "Lips Like Sugar"
* "Wicked Game"
* "Race War"
* "Cry Little Sister"
* "Love You to Death"
* "Crimson and Clover"
* "Nights in White Satin"