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
none tread
When we are young we long to tread a way none have trod before
folly kindred man proud woman
The folly that man doesOr must suffer, if he woosA proud woman not kindred of his soul.
truly
Really and truly -- I've nothing to wear.
begins friends-or-friendship glory mans
Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
dried listen soon
I'd as soon listen to dried peas in a bladder, as listen to your thoughts.
hard learning man married
It is a hard thing to be married to a man of learning that must always be having arguments.
crooked love nobody wise
O love is the crooked thing,There is nobody wise enoughTo find out all that is in it.
man
A man who does not exist,A man who is but a dream.
fixed knowing star
I have no question:It is enough, I know what fixed the stationOf star and cloud.And knowing all, I cry. . . .
joy periods sustained temporary
he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.'
accidents barely case choose life man reason simple understand woman
I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough for a man and a woman to understand each other; and in this case to understand is to love.
beggar beggars cannon changed goes horseback lashes places revolution
Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot,Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!The beggars have changed places but the lash goes on.
carpet cough man neighbour people shuffle walk wear
All shuffle there; all cough in ink;All wear the carpet with their shoes;All think what other people think;All know the man their neighbour knows,Lord, what would they sayDid their Catullus walk that way?
bethlehem born hour last rough round toward
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last slouches toward Bethlehem to be born