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Arise And Sing
03:00
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Little caterpillar where do you go?
off to Scotland on your own
your bicycle with blackberry wheels
arise and sing wild children
o sleepy blackbird what did you see?
a golden harp in the hazel tree
there is a widow who lives down the lane
arise and sing wild children
I will be a stream or a witch or a circle
make my drawings from orange peel
never be afraid to pull back the curtain
arise and sing wild children
the wedding guests are drifting out to sea
the windmill of images is on fire
the lovers are dancing in a crown of stars
and a woodlice robe
arise and sing wild children
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There is a lake
maybe you have seen it
from the tower
of your dreams
child of the thunder
child of the snow
child who lived among the horses
it is time for us to go
it does not hold a shield or a sword
it does not hold a flower or a clock
we can go there any moment
from the tower of our dreams
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3. |
Behold The Tower
01:41
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Behold the tower!
said the old woman
dressed in rags
holding a dead bird key
behold the tower!
the crowd gathered round her
they stared at the hilltop
they saw no tower
a young soldier came forward
and said 'that is no key-
that is a dead bird
you have found in the hedgerow'
and the old woman cried
the crowd drifted away laughing, laughing
years went quick
and slow
and the tower shone on the hilltop
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4. |
Nine Sisters
04:04
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Nine sisters
rode upon
nine golden horses
out of the sunrise
over the meadow
they did ride
between the veil
of life and death
nine sisters
rode away
into the sunset
on nine blood red horses
and the water
rose up
covered the land
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5. |
Blue Deer Sky
04:41
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I saw the blue deer leap into the sky
I heard the craw with a red laugh building its kirk
I spoke with the toad who was King of the mossy bank
inside his mouth was the door to the golden mountain
I lay with the gorse Queen underneath the yellow flood
she had the green snake wrapped around her wrist
the skull of the thrush wears the daffodil on its silence
at the top of the hill is where the whalebones cross the entrance
the bees begin to dance and the fox prince beats his drum
I emerge from the mouth of the toad
sorrow is washed from the land
a larks wing is lifting the sun to kiss the towers of blood
I saw the blue deer leap into the sky
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6. |
The Earthly Paradise
03:24
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Dressed in our leaves and rags
tired from the long road
we found an earthly paradise
we arrived only just in time
diamond meadows sang
time was not like time at all
swallows flickered into thunderstorms
when we found the earthly paradise
what is this, what is this, the serpent said?
I have another plan prepared for you
come deeper into the woods
I’ll show you another view
and the man in the deerskin mask
he pushed my head into a trance
we flew through many a turning wheel
there was so much I didnt know
dressed in our skin and bone
tired from the long fight
we found an earthly paradise
we escaped only just in time
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7. |
Ask The Trees
00:39
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What does it mean
what does it mean
what does it mean
to be free?
I go to the woods and I ask the trees
I go to the woods and I ask the trees
do you mind if I
take off my clothes?
and they say
not at all
not at all
not at all
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8. |
Spirit Forest
04:42
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There is a horse
without any shadow
racing towards
the rocks where you sleep
and the boat that is waiting
has already gone
you must decide now
what's to be done
you enter the cave
that belongs to the owl
under its wing
there are seven mountains
seven doors
seven dragons
seven cures
in the spirit forest
the candle is your lover
in the aim of midnight
when the wolf with green eyes
requests to draw near you
in all your naked self
in the spirit forest
all the mysteries of blood
all the burden of language
even so even so
we are combing our hair
with a comb made of lightning
iin the spirit forest
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9. |
Hymn To Goddess
04:59
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I saw a child
run down the beach
chasing a rainbow serpent
as the sun beat salt water
and the mountains caught fire
a hymn to the Goddess
I dug a hole in my garden
I found the skull of a fox
perhaps it got lost
back in the ice age
a hymn to the Goddess
so if you run out of land
why let it stop you
ride your horses
straight into the ocean
without fear
without reason
hymns to the Goddess
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10. |
Magick Name
01:45
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Do you know your magick name?
do you know your magick name?
I smoked the pipe of reason
and it gave me a very bad cough!
I open the window the golden window
of my idleness
in flies the owl in flies the owl
the owl with seven wings and two faces
do you know your magick name?
do you know your magick name?
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Burnt Paw Edinburgh, UK
Musician & artist in Edinburgh. Thanks for your support!
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