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Heartwood

by Sora

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1.
Heartwood 04:22
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
2.
Drift 03:21
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
3.
Eurydice 04:42
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
4.
Winter 03:08
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
5.
Hurricane 06:53
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?
6.
Light 02:53
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
7.
Twilight 05:07
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
8.
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?
9.
The Juniper 02:46
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
10.
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
11.
Madron Well 03:53
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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released May 9, 2009

All songs written and composed by Sora (Andrea S. H. Hunt).

Produced, recorded and mixed by Douglas Romanow
Recorded at Fire Escape Recording Studio, Toronto; Syncspot Audio Inc, Calgary

Sora: Vocals, Backup vocals, Keyboard (2, 3)
Douglas Romanow: Piano, Synthesizers, Marxophone, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Accordion, Programming, Backup Vocals
Ray Dillard: Percussion
Fergus Marsh: Electric Bass, Chapman Stick
Hugh Marsh: Violin
Kevin Breit: Electric Guitar, Mandolin
George Koller: Upright Bass
Gary Craig: Drums
Sharlene Wallace: Harp
Lenny Solomon: Violin
Ronald Bal: Violin
Claudio Vena: Viola
Wendy Solomon: Cello

String Quartet arranged by Douglas Romanow
Mastered by George Graves at Lacquer Channel Mastering
Artwork & Design: Lea Hawkins
Design Photography: Andrea Hunt, Lea Hawkins
Front Cover Photography: Keven Fedirko
Back Cover Photography: Tamara Lacelle

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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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