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Bienvenue (feat. Seth O'Kegley)

from Epilogue: The Bienvenu Stories by daniel couper

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In a way, this could be considered the title track of the previous album. Both are based on Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. You may notice a slight difference in spelling between song and album, because the album was named for a character from this tale (the bishop), whereas this song is named for his function in the story: Welcome.

This song find the bishop, Monseigneur Bienvenu, and the convict, Jean Valjean, in the garden the morning after Valjean has taken advantage of the bishop's hospitality and made off with his silverware.

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Welcome back, my friend
I was afraid that you’d forgotten
I thought that maybe you had left behind the most important thing

Monseigneur, you must be crazy
Have you forgotten who I am?
I’m the man with numbers for a name and only stone within


Bienvenue, mon ami (Welcome, friend)
Votre vie commence aujourd’hui (Your life begins today)


Take these candlesticks of silver
I’m sure they’ll fetch a pretty price
I’ve been a thief for having kept them for all this time

Oh my lord, could I be dreaming?
Have you truly set me free?
What should I do with all these questions rising up inside of me?


Bienvenue, mon ami
Votre vie commence aujourd’hui


My good man, this won’t be easy
But you are not what you have done
There’s the door, you’ll find it open;
Walk right through and greet the dawn


Bienvenue, mon ami
Votre vie commence aujourd’hui

Bienvenue, mon ami
Votre vie commence aujourd’hui

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from Epilogue: The Bienvenu Stories, released July 29, 2017
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daniel couper - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Seth O'Kegley - Vocals
Michelle Couper - Piano
Colin Jeffress - Cello
Birds - Bird Noises

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Words & music by daniel couper
Produced, mixed, and engineered by daniel couper
Recorded at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge, The Castle, and The Keep

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The Kept Collective is a group of independent artists (musicians, dancers, poets, and playwrites) tucked away in the Northeast corner of Tennessee looking to make the world a more thoughtful, hopeful, and beautiful place.

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