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Heartwood
04:22
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I tread the forests of your eyes
Wild paths within
Dappled sunlight moves us in circles
Gravity of a sigh
Amber lit by a thousand suns
Drops of luminous time
I know why the aspen trembles
The leaves alight to your smile
Heartwood holds
Safe my frailty
In your forest eyes
I’ve heard the song of the seasons
Each note the lifetime of light
And I live within each gossamer moment
Where silence hums with life
In the still between each beat of my heart
In the still between each breath I take
Heartwood`s the song
Heartwood calls home
Still is the now of always
Amber lit by a thousand suns
Drops of luminous time
I know why the aspen trembles
The leaves alight to your smile
Heartwood holds
Safe my frailty
In your forest eyes
Heartwood calls home
Still is the now of always
Heartwood calls home
Still is the now of always
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2. |
Drift
03:21
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Your night eyes are so sad my love
Their dark pools my abyss
I heard the dying cry my love
Within the continental drift
Oh our continents have drifted
So far on the molten tides of time
Oh how I wonder when our shores will meet again
Once we were Pangea love, a solid entity
But the wild beauty cultivates
From shifting boundaries
Oh our continents have drifted
And the ground is not stable like it was
Oh I am lost in the shifting faults of love
Though the sea expands between us, shifting constantly
At the edge of my world is carried
Still the shape of we
Oh our continents have drifted
All these techtonic plates within our hearts leaves us divided
We are now worlds apart
Your night eyes are so sad my love
Their dark pools my abyss
I heard the dying cry my love
Within the continental drift
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3. |
Eurydice
04:42
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I died a thousand deaths
Tears flood the banks of my eyes
One moment and everything changes
Forever
Chasms of darkness
Where shadows and fear grip my soul
A vast realm of silence, so lost, so cold
Inside
Love has led to this place
In love I will die
Or live once again
Don`t look back now
She`s one breath away
I won`t let go
Can`t accept the fate that`s told
I scream my pain to
The gods, Queens and weavers
Who carelessly give, take and cut, how can they know
Pain?
Love has led to this place
In love I will die
Or live once again
Don`t look back now
She`s one breath away
Where is my strength?
Where`s the faith to carry on?
Warm breath upon my neck
Sweetly her lips sing my name
A heartbeat, at last love I can`t resist
Looking
Love, I thought I would die
But live on without
I`m broken inside
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4. |
Winter
03:08
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Snow is falling
Darkness falling
Winter`s calling tonight
As her sighs drift across the plains
White tears to hide my pain
She says the spring comes again
All I know is how I miss
The sound of my name in your voice
The crystalline shape of our days
Filagreed time
Stars are falling
Soft the falling
Sleep is calling tonight
When your laugh lays my dreams to claim
Bright as the fires of May
Wake to a world painted grey
All thoughts are of how I miss
The sound of my name in your voice
The crystalline shape of our days
Filagreed time
Crimson the dogwood lays
Furrows of memory wane
Bleeding the heart
And I know that you`re gone
The tracks that we`ve laid wisp away
Snow is falling
Darkness falling
Winter`s calling tonight
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5. |
Hurricane
06:53
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You`re a whirlwind, came in like a summer storm
Temptuous heat, precipitous release
Moving through everything I knew
I`m surrounded by you
Caught in your eyes, their dark restless seas
Take possession of me
Oh love is all I can see
You felt real in my cut-throat world of make belive
Savage ire, insatiable desire
I dance through your moods
Trying to subdue the trust I once knew
I`m sacrificed on the altar of you
Is this what it means to be loved
Loved by you
I can`t stand your lies anymore
In the eye of the storm you were so sweet
Oh so sweet
But you are what you are
And the storm it brews inside
Why, why why oh
Why must you be a hurricane?
Good intentions fill the empty space between
Battered words and never being heard
Crushed by this need that won`t let me breathe
Your storm surge of jealousy
I`m going insane, I`m losing my way
In this deluge of pain
I need some shelter again
I can`t live like this anymore
Ine the eye of the storm
You were so sweet
Oh so sweet
But you are what you are
And the storm it brew inside
Why, why, why oh
Why must you be hurricane?
Why must you be a hurricane?
Why must you be a hurricane?
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6. |
Light
02:53
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In light, forgiveness comes
The shadows fall away
At night, the shadows pray
For just that glimpse of sun
And if I could, I’d melt away
If just to once be free of pain
In light the darkness fades
And memory slips away
In light redemption comes
To wash away the past
At night the thoughts that plague
Are searching for the light
And if I could I’d fly away
On wings of wax, released of chains
In light the shadows fade
And memory slips away
And in my heart, I know the key
The light inside will set me free
The past is done, must let it be
The light inside, will set me free
In light salvation comes
As light and dark are one
At night the shadows play
They’re just one side of light
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7. |
Twilight
05:07
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In the twilight between night and day
I can see in your eyes the newborn stars
And I know that I`m loved, I know that I`m loved
For your heart beats in time with mine.
Chorus:
And I can see in your eyes, eternal sunrise
Full of hope, full of love for all of my days
As we stand hand in hand to face the winds of time
I can trust in your love for me
In the dark night when the road, it seems so long
And the moon can`t be seen in the inky black sky
I will look to my side, to see your shining light
For I know it will lead my home
Chorus
To have and to hold in sorrow and joy
A ring of the sun and moon
And I vow to be true for all of my days
To drink of life`s cup with you
Chorus
In the still morn, when the day engulfs the night
And the white morning star still burns in the sky
I will rise with you love, to face whatever comes
In my heart we are always one
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8. |
Children of Lir
04:35
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When on feathered wings take flight
Oer the hills, beating the time
To the swans final song
Sung so sweet, sung for so long
As they leave rocky shores
Flying west with the sun
And I watch from the land I love
My past come undone
Oh Children of Lir where have you gone?
The hills they are bare but echo your song
Echo your song
The stones silently fall, and where do I belong?
On the hollow faerie mound
The silence calls, mocking the time
When the swans haunting song
Carried far, resounding strong
As their stories they drift
Upon the stormy seas
Lost in the waves of time
The island, it is me
Oh Children of Lir where have you gone?
The hills they are bare but echo your song
Echo your song
The stones silently fall, and where do I belong?
When the bells so loudly toll
An anthem rung, drowning the sound
Of the swans final song
Silver notes, fading withdrawn
Change swiftly comes
On the wings of a dove
The voices once heard are gone
Where are they love?
Oh Children of Lir, where have you gone?
The hills they are bare, but echo your song
Echo your song
Oh Children of Lir, where have you gone?
The hills they are bare but echo your song
Echo your song
The stones silently fall, and where do I belong?
Do I belong?
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9. |
The Juniper
02:46
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When the west winds blow
You know, you just know
That winters a`coming
And with it snow
Oh the Juniper she stands alone
Through Decembers howling moans
So lay your sorrows down to seed
And grieve, just breathe
When the trees are bare
And the heart it despairs
As winter, it`s here now
And you’re not prepared
Oh the Juniper she bears the thorn
Gentle `gainst the coming storm
She stands amidst the raging sky
So sigh, just cry
When the darkness comes
You want to succumb
As winters` unending
Sun can’t be found
When the storm is through
What`s left to rue
As winters` releasing
Time to renew
Oh the Juniper she stands so fair
Needled crown within her hair
So, lay your seed, release your pain
Spring comes again
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10. |
The Birch's Lament
04:07
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How long have I lain in this relative slumber
While the seasons they pass too many to number
Oh the woods they grow thick with their secrets and memories
And the stories are carried in bark, leaf and berry
How long must I wait to hear her voice?
Why must she pay for her selfless choice?
Oh how I long to once again say
Dance my princess
Dance Liselle, my love
Dance, dance with me
I remember the day as the cherry was blooming
And the petals they fell to her beauty alluding
So I asked for her hand which she gladly extended
And we danced in the glade while the soft moon descended
Oh how she laughed, her face aglow
Night after night we danced so
Like whispering leaves, each night I`d say
Dance my princess
Dance Liselle, my love
Dance, dance with me
How I rue the day that he followed her hither
His eyes full of thorns as she visibly withers
Though I bested him then, Liselle she knew different
For as nighttime releases, my power grows distant
Oh how could I know his heartless plan?
Asleep as I lay once day began
If only I`d known the last words I`d say
Dance my princess
Dance Liselle, my love
Dance, dance with me
And that was the last that I saw of my princess
For she led them away, her heart pounding, breathless
To the door in the hill, which is death to all mortals
Her life to save mine as she led through the portal
Come back to me love, I miss you so
I write to you love on bark of snow
The words on the birch forever will say
Liselle, my princess
I miss you Liselle, my love
Come, come back to me
Liselle, my princess
I miss you Liselle, my love
Come, come back to me
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11. |
Madron Well
03:53
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Come my pilgrims walk the road, to my shelt`ring arms
Along the trodden forest path,`neath the canopy
Tie a ribbon, say a prayer
Whisper all your dreams
Sing a song of heart-felt praise
I will answer thee
Hear the dryads voices strong amidst the rustling leaves
See the coloured hopes of others dancing bright and free
Tie a ribbon, say a prayer
Whisper all your dreams
Sing a song of heart-felt praise
I will answer thee
Oh come to my spring
Oh come to Madron Well
Let my tears ease your suffering
Let your heart be light
Drink the sacred waters here, bathe away your pain
Then lie upon the grassy hillocks `mid the springtime flowers
Close your eyes and dream a dream
Let the visions come
Move your limbs in reverence
I will dance with thee
Sit in silence hear the songs of those that came before
Gentle murmurs of a stream endless in its course
Close your eyes and dream a dream
Let the visions come
Move your limbs in reverence
I will dance with thee
Oh come to my spring
Oh come to Madron Well
Let my tears ease your suffering
Let your heart be light
Now my pilgrim walk the path to your native land
A song carried in your heart, lightness to your step
Think of me in joy and sorrow, I am always here
Know the wellspring of your heart
For magic lies in thee
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Sora Calgary, Alberta
Sora is a World/Celtic singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her engaging stories straddle the realms of mythic and modern. Her transcendent voice will carry you on journeys of time and place.
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