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Síonnan
10:46
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I am watched through
the thick air
I cannot trust the echoes I hear
my love is waiting at the end
somewhere beyond here I’ll find my friend
I am blind
love give me eyes
I am blind
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I am the river and you are the earth
I am the boat and you are my berth
And oh how I long for your earth
I am the water that drenches your soil
Im the sweat on your brow as your body toils
And oh how I long for your earth
My stream like my skirt flows through your fingers of reeds
Without your marshland I flood, you're the land I need
if I should die before you, I will be the blood in your veins
Upon your soil, I shall be the very rains
And if ever you should die before me, you shall be the very dirt
I stand upon while you gaze up my skirts
oh how I long
oh how I long for your earth
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As in a cave locked away
Forgotten songs
In your heart
I hear your voices echoing
Shine a light let me see
In the dark
From a word to a word
I was led to another word
From a deed to a deed
I was led straight to me
Within without
How should I ever fear ever doubt
When I leave you stay with me
Always here always there
In the dark
Here I sing for the dead
So their voices are heard again
I am my only foe or friend
I’ll never feel alone again
Lift me from me
Lift me high like the oak tree
(they said) mountains crumble to the sea
Once you knew you own beauty
I’m not afraid I will die
I’m not afraid I look death in the eye
I’m not afraid I will die
I’m not afraid I look death in the eye
From a word to a word
You’ll be led to another word
From a deed to deed
You’ll be led trust me
From a word to a word
I was led to another word
From a deed to a deed
I was led straight to me
I sing for the dead
So their voices can be heard again
I am my own foe or friend
I carry my truths to the end
Lift me from me
Lift me high like the oak tree
My only friend is me
I am my only enemy
Let your light shine on me
Every shadow
I’m not afraid I will die
I’m not afraid to look death in the eye
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3. |
Haunted Shrine
04:39
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The candles stand where I did
They build a wall of cries
The world, my sight caves in
Is it smoke in my eyes
Don’t you leave me behind
When I’m going blind
alone in my mind
In my haunted shrine
I never thought I’d say goodbye
To the light of the moon
I know that I can feel the tides
I’m standing on the edge of a broom
But don’t you leave me behind
I just think I’m going blind
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I’ve wounds that fester
the skin has grown over
I wait for healing
to feel love’s feeling
but it is gone
they’ve moved on
they took the house
they burned it down
they burned it down
they tore it down
they burned it down
and everyone moved on
and all that’s left is the soil
I’ve wounds like ashes
under my fingernails
my nostrils smell fire
the smoke in my hair
who recalls
so few recall
they’re all gone
they burned it down
they burned it down
they took the house
they burned it down
they burned it down
they tore it down
they burned it down
and everyone moved on
and all that’s left is their lies and the soil
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5. |
Vow
04:25
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You can’t haunt these halls
You didn’t build these walls
My heart once longed you here
You didn’t appear
So you can’t haunt this home
When you left us so long alone
On the roof I heard the hawk call
This Iove that once built up now it would destroy it all
My king my choice
He shines like the sun
He is no moon
My hearts already won
You can’t haunt my mind
I won’t dream of you at night
I may look the same
But my hearts forever changed
You can’t claim these tears
You don’t know what happened all these years
On the roof I heard the hawk call
The love that once built could now destroy it all
My king my choice
He shines out like the sun
My king my choice
My heart has been already won
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Conjuring
07:14
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you used to hear me when I called
do you hear me now
you used to always smile
we didn't talk much I was a child
but now too late all I need is for you to hear
I need all the myths to be real
if I say your name three times into a mirror
will it only be my face I still find here
I know that one day I will follow you
but when I cannot hear your voice how will I make due
here time speeds and slows like some plastic thing
it's at once lost while floating in the sea
perhaps the soul's the same when it goes on
when I can't feel you where have you gone
when I call you
do you hear me
when I need you
do you need me
when I call you
do you see me
when I need you
do you need me
does the moon rise in the sky where you are
are you close to me or is it far
when the wind it blows does it touch you
when the sun it shines is it there too
if you smile now do you look the same
do the birds in the trees know your name
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Yew Tree
04:29
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I’ll sew my seeds in soil that once was me
Free my heart my old yew tree
Of all that’s left
Of all that’s changed
Your heart your eyes
Stay the same
Can a haunted heart build a peaceful hearth
And walk side by side to our graves
You remember my name
A restless wind whips across my mind
Every lonely breath was breathed with you in time
Of all that’s left
Of all that’s changed
Your love our love
Still remains
A haunted heart will build a peaceful hearth
We’ll walk side by side to our graves
You remember my name
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Open Like Legs
04:09
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We once were one
then I became yours
filled my woods with walls and closed doors
of all the things we could create
we made a word for separate
buried deep in the cave
that’s welcome, open like my legs
the heart waits til you’re done
she waits to come
your heart waits under the earth
your heart waits under her skirt
hidden under church pews
in grave mounds under the yews
buried deep in the cave
that’s welcome, open like my legs
the heart waits til you’re done
she waits to come
and the waters will flood
and her legs will pour down blood
when will you be done
i remember when we were one
when we were one
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9. |
Die as the Sun
04:00
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Die as the sun
With beauty and mirth
A beautiful fade
Back into the earth
Die as the sun
A new day will come
They won’t recall
your name at all
what you leave behind
What wont fade in time
That little spark
That lights fires in the dark
The whispers of home
That you’re not alone
They’ll forget your name
But they’ll feel the way
You loved
Die as the sun
With your might and your mirth
All but your love
Will fade back into the earth
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Where now the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk
where is the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harp string
And the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest
And the tall corn growing.
They have passed like rain on the mountain
like a wind in the meadow
The days go down in the West
Behind the hills into shadow
Who shall gather the smoke
Of the dead wood burning,
Or behold the flowing years
From the Sea returning.
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11. |
Rhiannon
06:50
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I will soar and I will run
Like the lark and the dun
I will sing as I fly
I will sing as I die
The dead they call my name
we are one we’re the same
The dead they sing with me
For we are one we are free
Four white horses run run run
If you’re our queen come come come
Sweet is your true love
Sweet is what you dream of
Four grey horses run run run
Our Queen has son son son
Go to sleep my true love
The dead watch from above
Four black horses come come come
If you’re the queen Run Run Run
What am I accused of
Bleeding another’s blood
Ill wait outside the gates
I know my truth
My birds sing the truth
We can raise the dead
To hear the truth
Truth never dies
I wait at the gate the dead come through
The birds sing with me the dead sing too
I dig in the dirt to find your curse
The dead come with me they go first
You cant reach me I am beyond you
The dead sing with me they sing with me the dead sing too
Four black horses come come come
If you wronged me Run Run Run
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12. |
The Well
07:45
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the river
flows by
like seven ribbons in her hair
she whispers
in the waves
come home
her lips
pink like salmon
like five kisses on your skin
she sings
in the waves
come home
the well
is deep in you
three words you already knew
see through 9 hazels in her eyes
she will swim with you against the tide
she will wade with you to the source
she sings
in the waves
come home
(Chant in Maleku)
lecu ora óra na anhe
lecu ora na anhe
cha chafa na unhe ,purani tocu uraqui na anhe
orrá sotác rra jué juuuuue tojifa chaconhe
tojifa chaconhe na anhe
tocu afepaquian (thank you to the earth goddess)
tocu afepaquian
tucu afepaquian
naquita marraqui tui najato mi temac
ninhafa tui na jarito mi an
chari tui mija pue naptaiquiye
tocu afepaquian
tocu afepaquian
tucu afepaquian
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Joy Shannon Los Angeles, California
Joy Shannon creates Celtic pagan folk music inspired by the dark recesses of Irish folklore.
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