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Blackbird
04:21
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Come blackbird and take my soul away
You won't keep your vagabond at bay
Your fortress hangs heavy in the tree:
Come blackbird and take the soul of me away
Who will listen into your lore?
Will the echo follow your call?
Who will listen while you're waiting by the wooden door?
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Red Balloon
07:21
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Time to climb the mountain
my Name is calling, my Name is calling,
there’s the mountain!
mind torrent, boat fallen
nine doors and windows, I see
circles in the sky
shedding death’s desire
drum the fire on a maze of stairs and wire
you try and deliver Art onto a spoon
but in my balloon I drift into the Moon…
you climb all those mountains of lucidity
but in my balloon I drift into the Moon…
Free to ride the moment
my Bars are broken, Bars are broken,
gates are open!
bridges burning, eagle turning
circles in the sky, wings caress the stars
drum the fire on a maze of stairs and wire
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Numb The Wren Tear
06:26
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Climb the Ocean
Set the Snow on Fire
Charm the Water
Blind Man and the Star
Move the River
Comet and the Horn
Kiss the Shadow
New Moon on the Morn
Numb the Wren Tear… long before
Dim the Rim Meer… warn the Foe
Numb the Wren Tear… calm the Call
will you come home?
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Nobelius' Garden
05:04
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Instrumental
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Beads Of Rain
05:07
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Dawn the bare infusion
Dawn of wooden hill
Dawn the tomb of fear
Climb the flight of birds
Cling on to beads of rain
Go if it’s gone, fly from here
I don’t have no money but I have that distant tree
You don’t have no money but you have your hidden key
Hum the home of freedom
Hum the mountain ring
Hum the forest leeway
Hum the shadow stream
I don’t have no money but I have that distant tree
You don’t have no money but you have your hidden key
Cling on to beads of rain
Go if it’s gone, fly from here
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The Seagiant
05:22
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Sleep oh darling our Storm has passed,
dream of it all your life
though our dreams might only come briefly true
they last long after we die
Sleep, my Ocean my River my Rain,
safe in the Earth that loves you
rest my Hunger, down on the seafloor
till I return to wake you, I will return
Oh look you're so peaceful,
just like some man who dreams on the seafloor
Oh! my Seagiant was beautiful,
you won't forget me.
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Ariel
06:16
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Come into these yellow sands,
And take these hands
When you fall onto your knees,
Wild waves talk like bees -
Full Fathom Five your father lies,
Of his bones are coral made
Those are pearls that were his eyes
Nothing of him there remains but whispers…
The sun flees your eyes
Moonshadows play with flies
Carry your soul to the fray
A seachange in May!
Cats scatter past your gate
Sounds of traffic will not wait
New words born each day
A seachange in May, a seachange in May!
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Alice is falling oh-h, Alice is falling ohh-h
and your cards are all blowing away
in a marmalade parade -
and your caterpillar is shaking
did I hear him say – ?
Take your Boots of Snow - Enter The Garden of Live Flowers!
Take your Wings of Pie an’ fly into the Eye of the Blackbird –
Alice is falling, ohh-h, Alice is falling, oh-h...
well the King’s in the parlour
and something is wrong with his head -
and the Queen and the Joker were
Seasoned an’ Served with the bread - they said:
Take your Boots of Snow - Enter The Garden of Live Flowers!
Take your Wings of Pie an’ fly into the Eye of the Blackbird –
of the Live, of the Live, of the Live Flowers!
Enter The Garden! Enter The Garden!
Alice is falling oh-h, Alice is falling ohh-h
gnillaf si ecilA, h-ho, gnillaf si ecilA
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Tale Of A Thorn
03:57
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Instrumental
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Salamander
07:24
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So, Fame - you always were a dreamer!
and you’ll go on with your Salamander song -
Oh, you always were the river,
and you’ll roll on, and on …
Do you live over the rainbow?
Do you live under the river?
Diving for gold in your Salamander shoal
(o’ in the meadow … oh!)
We wish we could burn,
if we hold and deliver, we could gleam brighter!
We would turn in that river of the
Salamander! Salamander! Salamander!
So, Fame - you always rolled your fire down
under the dawn, with your Salamander ride -
Ah, I’ll be your gold river in the sky
I’d swim in the fire of your Salamander eyes …
(o’ in the meadow … oh!)
Do you live over the rainbow?
Do you live under the river?
Never grow old, in your Salamander soul.
(o’ in the meadow … oh!)
We wish we could burn,
if we hold and deliver, we could gleam brighter!
We would turn in that river of the
Salamander! Salamander! Salamander! Salamander!
You never grow old, everyone knows
You turn into gold, turn into gold!
Dig in the knoll, looking for anything that glows
- it burns, what are you waiting for?
You’re turning to gold!
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Anemone Falling
08:19
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Instrumental
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Sentinel
03:41
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Shouldn’t we go home?
Couldn’t we just sleep under stars?
Is that a Will o’ the Wisp through the trees?
Seems like we’re often led to believe …
Oh! those dreams,
Wild animals hunting in reed
Shouldn’t we go home?
Couldn’t we just live like the birds?
Is that a Will o’ the Wisp through the trees?
Seems like we’re often led to believe …
Oh! those dreams,
Wild oceans are moving in mead
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English: 'Blackbird'
Come blackbird and take my soul away
You won't keep your vagabond at bay
Your fortress hangs heavy in the tree:
Come blackbird and take the soul of me away
Who will listen into your lore?
Will the echo follow your call?
Who will listen while you're waiting by the wooden door?
French: 'Le Merle'
Viens, merle, et emporte mon âme
Tu ne vas pas nier cette pauvre dame
Ta forteresse si lourde sur la branche
Viens, merle
Et fais envoler mon âme
Qui entendra ta magie ?
L’écho suivra-t-il ton crie ?
Qui t’entendra, vagabonde,
Devant la porte en bois ?
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Louisa John-Krol Australia
Louisa is an Australian singer, composer, writer & faery storyteller who has released many albums of ethereal music on indie labels, primarily in France. She's completing a fantasy series, The Elderbrook Chronicles, with a soundtrack.
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by Spiral Dance
This album carries one of my favourite recordings by this legendary mythic rock band: Adrienne's song 'The Children of Lir'. It's so good that it feels like a traditional ballad.
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