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Into the Mist
04:55
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I go soft and shrouded, into the field of dream
Deep within the silence, a world that lies between
My skirts are torn and trailing, along the foamy shore
I come to sing the seagull’s song and lose myself once more
Tangled are the turnings that lead to life in chains
Ruthless are the burnings, where only stone remains
Sorrowful the keening of the ocean master’s wife
I await the greening that brings us back to life
Still the screaming world, let my wings become unfurled
Soothe the scorching earth, and I will go...into the mist.
Fathomless the master who rules the murky deep
Shroud me in your silence and carry me from sleep
Gentle rain will soothe me when nightmares won’t subside
Wrap me in your silver cloak and bid your horses ride
Still the screaming world, let my wings become unfurled
Soothe the scorching earth, and I will go...into the mist.
Drench my dreams in rain, bathe me in your wetness again.
I breath your salty air, and I am gone, ooh ohh ooh...into the mist.
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Undertow
03:40
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Take me out where the wild storms blow
Edge of the ocean, sun sinks low
I want to feel the rain on my face
I want to know the soul of this place
Once we shone with a silvery light
Brilliant stars that pierce the night
Free as the wind in the heron’s wing
Free as the song that the seals sing
Take me, take me, down to the Undertow
Waking, waking, the song in the stones
Let my wings become wet with the overflow
Take my breath away
I’ve had enough of your bitter wine
Poison the streams and tell us it’s fine
Let us flee from the churches while their dour bells ring
Let us run in the sand and remember to sing
Take me down where the silence is deeper
Wrap me into an eloquent sleep
Dream a world from a slumbering seed
A chance to live beyond the ruin of greed
Take me, take me, down to the Undertow
Waking, waking, the song in the stones
Let my wings become wet with the overflow
Take my breath away
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Ghost Forest
03:32
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Sentinels rise from the ocean
We watch with remembering eyes
Still we stand, long forgotten cathedrals
Rising up from the sands of time
Majestic and mighty the Evergreen
Life long past now frozen in stone
Voice of the wind rising
Ghost in the forest, branches of bone
What lives on in the ghost of the forest
When all is stripped to bone
What stories long forgotten
Longing to be known
Our silence eternal, our stories unspoken
Washed away on the turbulent tides
Our secrets lie safe in the depths of the ocean
Pearls of wisdom lost to time
Majestic and mighty the Evergreen
Life long past now frozen in stone
Voice of the wind rising
Ghost in the forest, branches of bone
What lives on in the ghost of the forest
When all is stripped to bone
What stories long forgotten
Longing to be known
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Rusalka
05:11
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Sailor sleep, I’ll drench your dreams in dread
A wisp of something better left unsaid
My voice a silver arrow
Bearing salt into the wounds of your regret
Songs ensnare you, it is time
My tides will overtake you
Drowning in the voices that forsake you
Cast away your claim on life, face your tomb and cave
With lilting lies and longing eyes I lay your murky grave
Horror creeps, and binds you in your fear
Stop your pleading, there’s no one to hear
Bruised and bleeding
Broken lips betray the violence of your kiss
Life receding, it is time
You’ll pay for what you’ve taken
Yours a dream from which you won’t awaken
Cast away your claim on life, face your tomb and cave
With lilting lies and longing eyes I lay your murky grave
The mist is lifting, lifting, none shall ever find you
Your dreams so dark and drifting, evermore shall bind you.
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Shipwrecked
04:14
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Ghosts of twilight, reach their fingers
Drawing down the veils of the night
In my mind, foreboding lingers
The shore has faded from my sight
Weep for me, my true love
My hopes are lost to me
Shattered on the rocks of misgiving
Cruel mistress of the sea
I gave the word, to draw us closer
I gave the word that cast us to our doom
None could guess, the cost was so dear
In such a fragile balance fate does loom.
Weep for me, my true love
I long to see your face once more
Our ship lies battered on the breakers
And casts us far from shore
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Secrets
03:45
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There it goes again, a prickling on my skin
Feels like someone’s watching me, waiting, trying to get in
Too much to remember, too much to hold on to
Memories unraveling, remnants of a time long ago
I’m not going back there, I’m not going back there again
Who do we leave behind, when we decide we cannot make amends
What secrets, what secrets do you keep
When the shadows come alive, when the shadows come alive
What do you, what do you dare not speak
When the ocean gets too deep, too deep to survive
I have not been back there in 20 years or more
Left my sorrow buried when I walked out that door
Why did I not hear you, why did I not hear you call my name
We were just children, red rubber boots muddied in the rain
What dreams do you nurture, what longings do you dare not speak aloud
Will somebody hear you, will somebody tell you that they’re proud?
What secrets, what secrets do you keep
When the shadows come alive, when the shadows come alive
What do you, what do you dare not speak
When the ocean gets too deep, too deep to survive
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You Anchor Me
03:29
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You breathe into me and I find my way
The clouds in my eyes grow soft and gray
I will meet you where the white gulls cry
The silver waves are whispering their lullabies
I feel you growing closer, your sunset glowing rose
Wrapped in garments like the waves
No secrets to save, you anchor me
Your tides welcome me in a rushing flood
A homecoming washes through my blood
When I breath you in I am open as the sky
A wildness on the wind meant for you and I
I feel you growing closer, your sunset glowing rose
Wrapped in garments like the waves
No secrets to save, you anchor me
When I round the bend and come down over the hill
The salt sea air, I drink my fill
Everything we’ve been comes rolling in
Everything we said remembering
I feel you growing closer, your sunset glowing rose
Wrapped in garments like the waves
No secrets to save, you anchor me.
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Spirit Flight
03:10
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(Instrumental)
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Breathing in Water
04:04
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Breathing is easier when you are near me
The phantoms that haunt me soon fall away
In my mind you are my champion
Your ship is my haven when I’m cast away
I am drowning in your waters
My feet can’t touch the ground
Surrounding me, ocean’s daughters
Swimming in a swirl of light and sound
I am remembering to breathe in your waters
I cherish the silence when noise fades away
In your depths I find my solitude
When you are holding me, I find my way
I am drowning in your waters
My feet can’t touch the ground
Surrounding me, ocean’s daughters, swirling all around
The waves are pounding on the silver shore, turning stone to sand
Your thunder sounding, and I still want more
Ever closer to your promised land
I am drowning in your waters, my feet can’t touch the ground
I am surrounded, ocean’s daughter, finally come unbound
The waves are pounding, on the silver shore, turning stone to sand
Your thunder sounding, and I still want more
Ever closer to your promised land
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The Lure
04:17
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Oh I feel your tides coming in for the night
Drifting down into sleep
You wrap me up in your silvery light
You draw me down to your deep
In your rhythms I am yearning
For a life that I cannot see
In your seasons I am learning
To let myself fly free
Clarion calling, you are my cure
Endlessly wandering, drawn by your lure
When the twilight settles on my restless mind
And crimson drains from the sky
I come to leave my troubles behind
As I watch the daylight die
I am a wanderer
With sand between my toes
There’s no comfort for my mind
But to feel your salt winds blow
Clarion calling, you are my cure
Endlessly wandering, drawn by your lure
When midnight calls to her ghostly brides
Drifting on the dreaming sea
I feel the moon pulling at my tides
A madness comes over me
And when my last breath lingers
And I fade into the night
I will take your beckoning fingers
And walk beyond the light
Clarion calling, you are my cure
Endlessly wandering, drawn by your lure
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The Haunting
04:21
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Breathe it in and feel
The mist upon the moor, concealing
Nightmare in a dream
The night is not so tranquil as it seems
Wild wind is keening
Wailing on the cliffs revealing
Waves come thundering in
I can hear the haunting rolling in
Bygone lighthouse crumbling
Falling toward the sea, she is tumbling
Go away, where you can’t see
The desolation of apathy
The haunting comes in like lightning
Never know where she’ll be striking next
You glimpse her but you will never hold her
To catch the wind we must be bolder.
Promises you made
Never meant to keep them anyway
Comes a reckoning day
The haunting will take back what you claimed.
Greed has been our undoing
But I see flowers rising from the ruin
Come alive and plant the seed.
We can build the life we need
The haunting comes in like lightning
Never know where she’ll be striking next
You glimpse her but you will never hold her
To catch the wind we must be bolder.
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Sharon Knight Oakland
Festival favorites Sharon Knight and her longtime collaborator Winter perform a mythic-Celtic style, which they call "Neofolk Romantique; songs for poets, adventurers and lovers of mystery". They tour internationally several months of the year, bringing their fantastical tales of love and magic to festivals, cafes, and homes across the land. ... more
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