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I am Dreaming of a Place
02:38
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‘I am Dreaming of a Place’
I am dreaming of a place,
an island faraway
a quiet peaceful world
where every little bird
has its own song to be heard
a right to live its life
a simple happy life
All is silent,
and I let my sweet thoughts wander
each minute lasts forever
the fresh air soothes my mind
this dream is full of gladness
of everlasting freedom
each creature live in peace,
in peace
The lights of the city do not please me,
though they’re grand,
I would rather see my own land
so I’ll dream of my faraway place
where all kinds of wonderful flowers bloom
sunny fields and shady forests welcome me
Rays of sunlight
find their way through leafy branches
of the forest where I wander
makes patterns on the ground
I’m so glad that I’ve found
a place to spend my time
there’ll be no lonely days
for me now
Oh la la la, la la, mmmmn, hmmn,
Ooooooo …
I’m so glad that I’ve found
a place to spend my time
there’ll be no lonely days
for me now,
now.
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It’s easy to pretend
that a guitar can be a kind of friend
so I call you by your name
every time we start to play
Any way you choose
I owe you a song or two
so step into the tune
and I’ll sing this one for you
I take to the strings and I play them softly
when I’ve got something to say
You always answer them
in your own way
No-one knows just why
but there’s a strange bond between you and I
Our language is your sound
and the music that we’ve found
(La-la, La-la-la la, la la, la la la!)
I know you’ll be there
‘cos we both live for the times we share
Together
Patrick and I will be friends forever
it’s something no-one can change
'cos he'll wait there silently
till I call on him again
Then it’s more than just pretence
that a guitar can be a kind of friend
I know you think so too
now that I’ve sung this song for you
For you
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After the Rain
03:34
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There are no lyrics.
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The Sparrow
02:38
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Caught in the changing tide of uncertainty
for every tear that falls is a shattered dream
By now your hopes have disappeared
so all that’s left is fear
and insecurity
Like a sparrow lost on the stormy seas
you struggle for your sanity
and though
you know you may not win
you’ve got to try again,
it gets lonely
but it’s really only
a stepping stone
it won’t last for long
you know it cannot last for long
You’ve tried to hide your fear behind a smile
and think that just by lying you’ll survive
but all the while
I’ve seen it in your eyes
the shadows of the night
still haunt your weary heart
And like a sparrow lost on the stormy seas
you struggle for your sanity
and though you know you may not win,
you’ve got to try again,
it gets lonely
but it’s really only
a stepping stone
it won’t last for long
you know it cannot last for long,
it cannot last for long
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I walked down to the lake in Malnerholm;
Saw a man with weary eyes an’ a heavy load; he said,
'I am troubled because I have answers that don’t satisfy me!'
I told him: If you want to know …
Go, ask the stars that no-one has seen,
Where they shine between those galaxies far from home!
Go question the sunless night - through an eagle’s eye –
While the songs and seas ... are calling to Antiquity.
So we talked and turned each others’ thoughts around;
Well he told me, 'Life is a shadow of the mind ...'
Search inside and lay your questions down:
How many people are to be born?
How long the tide will rise an’ fall,
Maybe time means nothing at all?
Ask the moon when she’ll refuse to shine,
borrow the prophet’s eyes
But the songs and seas are calling to Antiquity.
There’s a kind of logic that we’ve both denied;
don’t ask me why
Just go, ask the stars …
We’re calling … Calling to Antiquity …
And the songs an’ the seas, they’re calling back
Calling right back now, calling ... to Antiquity.
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I walked down to the lake in Malnerholm;
Saw a man with weary eyes an’ a heavy load; he said,
'I am troubled because I have answers that don’t satisfy me'
I told him: If you want to know …
Go, ask the stars that no-one has seen,
Where they shine between those galaxies far from home!
Go question the sunless night - through an eagle’s eye –
While the songs and seas ... are calling to Antiquity.
So we talked and turned each others’ thoughts around;
Well he told me, 'Life is a shadow of the mind ...'
Search inside and lay your questions down:
How many people are to be born?
How long the tide will rise an’ fall,
Maybe time means nothing at all?
Ask the moon when she’ll refuse to shine,
borrow the prophet’s eyes
But the songs and seas are calling to Antiquity.
There’s a kind of reason that we’ve both denied;
don’t ask me why
Just go, ask the stars …
We’re calling … Calling to Antiquity …
And the songs an’ the seas, they’re calling back
Calling right back now, calling ... to Antiquity.
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Tree
02:55
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If there’s only one thing who knows how to move me
it’s grey-blue-green, and it lies inside the Tree!
As the years have shown us, we’ll go too far down
into the green light, to a space of our own.
Sly tree, you know me: I’ll have you … ! I can’t say:
How many shadows could I hold?
And ages span with my life, being trees,
in the still breathing of their leaves -
Oh an’ when the light falls, could I travel
where the sun goes? - sinking down into the Tree.
Feel the darkness moving, in her slow cooling
when the rain is slipping down, down, you can
hear the wood-knot sigh
There are oceans in here, creeping over me
with their infinitely blue-green hands!
Lines … slowly, drink of me too ... ! Then tell me:
How many shadows ... etc (repeat chorus, ibid)
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Dream Dawn
02:52
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Green light, frost on the seedling;
Kloh weaves his legend again,
Slip away, listen, the sand-grains are shifting,
None of you ever the same:
Rise up, wee goblins and sing, come dancing,
Soon we’re all going to fly!
Catch my eye and hold it there,
You’ll see a heart laid bare,
Come into an elfin dream buried in your soul;
Touch, my hand, no hold it firmly and never let go
And you’ll see a peace in me, even when you go.
And the sand holds fast where the elves are,
Down where the old waves roar!
Frost rides, high on the firefly,
Over the bright star-lore;
Rise up, ye faerie and dance, we’re waiting,
Up on the stealing shore!
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Human Lovers
03:00
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Verse 1
Time apart has made us strangers
See how I’m avoiding you again?
I try to beat you at this elusive game we’re lost in …
Why do I feel I’ve lost a friend?
Chorus
I’m so tired of running,
of being some will o’ the wisp in your dream
I just want to see you -
is it so wrong to be with each other like human lovers do?
I just want to touch you
and be loved right through.
Verse 2
If I whisper, ‘Baby I’m with you!’
Don’t go thinking you’ve conquered me!
I see that frightened prisoner
in your best charms and your little schemes
and I believe I’ll set him free
Chorus
I’m so tired of running,
of being some will o’ the wisp in your dream
I just want to see you -
is it so wrong to be with each other like human lovers do?
I just want to touch you
and be loved right through.
Refrain
I’m tired of running,
of being some will o’ the wisp in your dream
I just want to see you -
is it so wrong to be with each other like human lovers do?
I just want to see you
and be loved right though,
I just want to touch you and be loved!
I just want to hold you
and be loved right through.
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Songflower
04:47
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Verse 1:
Are you cold? Well you know, you have music to warm you:
don’t be afraid, you have all your songs to cling to
and if you’re lonely, you must call this freedom
where you have only yourself to rely on.
And there is nothing beyond your power,
he couldn’t take your Songflower!
Oh no, so you better keep that flower growing.
Verse 2:
In your life, there is so much good to believe in!
In your mind, there is a heaven undisturbed
and from your crystal pool, all the watersprites are rising,
they have strength to give you.
And there is nothing beyond your power,
he couldn’t take your Songflower!
And there is nothing you can’t do now
Chorus 1:
Why can’t I rest? I’m not in love anymore
and I’m sailing in some limbo …
Rest heart, you’re free as a bird
and the wings are healing swiftly,
I’m not in love anymore
and the waves are rolling home now.
Hey that old witch is dying
and the elves are taking over!
And they’re gonna lead you away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Oh I’m flying away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Verse 3
So you strived, out in the frosty ridges of morning
You were shaken, trampled in the hardest clay
Suddenly the rain was whispering -
Chorus 2, incantation:
She is no-one else’s song
She is no-one else’s song
She is no-one else’s song
She is no-one el - says - she is no-one else’s song,
She is no-one else’s song!
Ah, you’re gonna keep your Songflower so strong,
They’re gonna lead you away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Oh I'm flying away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Oooh please take me away to cooler waters
where the Songflower grows
Hey I’m flying away to cooler waters,
where the Songflower grows
where the Songflower grows.
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Wreaths of Flowers
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Wreaths of flowers
fill my pockets and my hair with these
Sing some riddles and roundelays
a pomerine if you please
Trees of roses
scarlet towers entwined in green
Come and ring the circle of the Faery
our junortoun jubilee
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Hover
03:43
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You’ve seen all of the things I can be,
and I know you well!
You’re an impossible rogue,
I don’t wish to change that.
You just weave in and out of my loom
Tangled in loose threads
I want to set you free
Till your shining through me.
Hover inside my life
Linger in my world a little while longer
You wither away my fear
That trusting is followed by a fall
Linger inside my love,
Moving as one’s just a little too easy
We call it beautiful, aha.
Don’t go kidding me you can change,
That would be most absurd
For an impossible rogue
With a spark in his evil eye
I never want to see through our childish emotions
I must just be brave
I’ve been cold too long now:
Hover inside my life,
Linger in my world a little while longer
You wither away my fear
That trusting is followed by a fall
Linger inside my love,
Moving as one’s just a little too easy
We call this beautiful, aha.
I never want to see through our childish emotions
I must just be brave
I can’t be too wrong now
If I rest my life on love
Then … you will want to, oooooh you’ll want to
Hover inside my life
Linger in my world a little while longer
You wither away my fear
That trusting is followed by a fall
Linger inside my love,
Moving as one’s just a little too easy
We call this beautiful.
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13. |
Wild as the Sea
03:19
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Verse One
Often the colder mornings
Make your deeper fears
Rise up in a storm
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Give us a chance
Chorus:
And I’ll love you like a slow winter rainfall
Like a lake of silver so deep
I will play you like a harp in the arms of a minstrel
Till your loving is as wild as the sea.
Verse Two
Sure as cities crumble
Under seven seas
You’re ready for my love
And in the height of feeling
When you’re giving most
Boy, you’ll have no worries anymore
Chorus
For I’ll love you like a slow winter rainfall
(Oooh I’ll love you like a winter rainfall)
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14. |
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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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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