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Excalibur
05:11
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Excalibur I know you, shining in the light of eternal truth
Mightiest protector, why do I project all my fears on you?
Reaching up I hold you, and yet I’ve sold you so many times
Cut away illusion and all the bonds of these endless lies
Simple truth, why do I waiver?
Sword of truth, why am I afraid?
I like to think I’m honest
But come to make my protest I hang my head
Searching for the courage to express my no and yes
Calling the father within me to stand his ground
Steady his river banks guide mother water
She’s flowing, flowing home
He’s guiding, guide me home, da da da da da
Guide me home, else that I waiver
True freedom, bringer of the light
Trusted sword straight from the heavens
Make my heart steady and bright
Excalibur I love you, shine in the light of eternal truth
Mightiest protector, from the heights connect me down
to the roots
Reaching up I hold you and though I’ve sold you so many times
Cut away illusion, teach me to accept all I am inside
Trust and freedom from the heavens, bringer of the light
Oh let me not, oh let me not, oh let me not waiver
Oh let me no-ee, oh let me not waiver
Oh bringer of the truth and the light
And the stars in the sky always shine in the night
And the love in your eyes is the light of a life that never dies
Trusted sword straight as an arrow
Oh my heart, steady and bright
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2. |
Forge & Flow
04:41
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Forge and flow with the water
Winding and free, so infinitely
Forge and flow with the river to the sea
Laugh and sing with the sunshine
Playful and bright, so warm in the light
Laugh and sing with the blazing sunshine
Dance and inspire with the tempest
Transforming air, this breath that we share
Dance and inspire with the tempest, fierce and wild
Grow and bear fruit with the forest
Walk on the earth, meet death and rebirth
Grow and bear fruit with the forest and the soil
Na na na na na na na…
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3. |
Dissolving
02:56
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Mother Darkness, Father Light, I am your child
Show me sightless, and dissolving of the lines
Enter my vision like a knife
Cut all there is away, leave nothing behind
Leave nothing, leave nothing behind
Mother Water, Father Sunbeam, Lord of Fire
Born of silence, and the calling of the infinite sky
Of the infinite sky
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4. |
Her Calling
07:01
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Verse 1
And the sky was black
And the stars were shining, shining
And the earth did shake
As she called it into being x 2
Bridge 1
For her song was all there was x 3
For her dance was all…
Chorus
Can you hear her calling, her calling, oh? X3
Can you hear, can you hear, can you hear?
Verse 2
And her feet were bare
And her skin was rainbow, black and white
And her hair was wild
As she danced it/us into being x2
Bridge 2
For her dance was all there was x3
For her dance was all…
Chorus 2
Can you feel her dancing, her dancing oh? x 4
Chorus 1
Outro:
Can you hear her calling? x3
All aboard boys, all aboard!
Can you hear her calling x 2
Etc to end
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5. |
Baba Yaga
03:50
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Chorus
Mmm mm Baba Yaga I am calling you, calling you x 4
Verse 1
Send your plough o’er the bones of the dead
And let the ground renew the skin that you shed x2
Chorus
Verse 2
Dig deeper, dig deeper, dig up the dead
Knit their bones into homes for the souls that you’ve fed x2
Chorus
Verse 3
Heart beating, heart beating, deep in my body
Be my teacher, let me reach my deepest fear and release it x4
Chorus
Calling you, calling you, calling you, calling you x2
Dig deep, dig deep, heart beat
Teach me, reach me, release
Mmm mm mm Baba Yaga!
Mmm mm mm Baba Yaga!
Mmm mm Baba Yaga I am calling you, calling you x 3
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6. |
Red White & Black
03:19
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Show me your courage
Show me you’re made of more than sugar cane
And summer rain
Show me the storms that rage in the night of your soul
Show me your pain
Show how she cuts you again, and again
Show me your fire
That you’re not afraid to erase, to annihiliate
Raze it and start again
Show me the red, white, black of your name
Don’t hold it back coz you’re wild, you can roar
Don’t try to act all small, coz you’re not and that’s a trap
You can soar to the sun
We are a, we are a wheel
We are a wheel turning
We are the innocent ones eternally learning
We are the, we are the earth, we are the sky calling
We are the sun and the moon
We are the stars falling
We are the God that we’re seeking
So listen up coz we’re speaking
We’re saying, “Come on, let’s answer some of these prayers we’ve been praying…”
What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
I know you’re sorry
I feel you’re sorry for all the pain you’ve caused
But know that you’re all that ever was
And whatever was lost is found and will come around
In the night of your soul
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7. |
Call To Love
06:13
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Verse 1
This is my song, my song of freedom
This is my call to love
Calling the wrong, the blind and the heathen
Unravel this ball of love
Mother of life, I feel you in me
Lioness, crow and dove
Father so bright, you heal within me
Blinding the light of love
Bridge
Madré de la vida, da da da, na na nai
Padré de la verdad da da dad, yada hey, yada ho
Yajé!
Chorus (Spanish)
Aguilita mi reina que se eleva tan alto
Maestra enseña me a ver a través de tus ojos
Oh Madré Tierra, demuéstrame que tu cuerpo es mi
cuerpo
Gran Espíritu, muestra me tu amor que es mi amor
Verse 2
Beat of the golden sun upon us
Dance of the silver rain
Finding the truth is deep within us
Finding the truth again
Wake up dragon, where’s your flame?
In my belly, breathe again
Bridge
Chorus (Spanish) x2
Chorus (English)
Oh cherished eagle soaring so high, my queen
Teacher, guide me with your eyes so clear, to see
Oh Mother Gaia show me that your body is my own
Great Spirit, show me love, show me your love that
is my love
Great Spirit, you are love, you are the love that is
my love
Gran Espíritu, muéstrame tu amor
Great Spirit, you are the love, you are my love
We are this love, there’s only love, my call to love
When all is love… y es mi amor!
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8. |
Open Your Heart
05:34
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Verse 1
Holy holy night, the light and the shadow unite
Here in the dark we can see that I’m you and you’re me x2
Bridge
And here we are, we’re dancing in a dream
A dream of love x 2
Chorus
Open your heart
All of the pain you’re afraid of was love at the start
Open your heart
Even the hate that’s created was love at the start
Open up wide, we’ll laugh and we’ll cry
All of my brothers and sisters and I
Nowhere to hide, we’ll live and we’ll die
Just like the stars and the sun in the sky
Open your heart
All of the pain you’re afraid of was love at the start
Verse 2
Calling of the sea, come swim in the water with me
Here in the depths we can feel it’s all real and unreal x2
Bridge
Chorus
Outro
All of the pain you’re afraid of
The fear and the shame that it’s made of
The blackest of hate you hate so much…
Was love at the start
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9. |
New Dawn
04:00
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Verse 1
Over the hill I see the fire burning
As in my dream, now real as we are turning
‘So what of love?’ The moon and stars are asking
While as the fire burns bright, the night is passing
Chorus
Ya yada dada da da..
Verse 2
Over the fields I see my sisters dancing
And all the flowers join in, I watch them swaying
And though my heart cries, all the birds are laughing
Calling in the sunrise, they are celebrating
Chorus
Middle 8
Oh Spirit know, Spirit see through me, through my dreams
Verse 3
Over the bridge, my brothers they are building
Around them forests and green, green clover growing now
There was a vision, once on the horizon
Of a new dawn breaking, and a fresh wind blowing
Chorus
Outro
Ya kuku malé lé, lé
Ya kuku male lé
Ya kuku male lé, malé lé lé
Ya kuku malé wo
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10. |
I Am
05:41
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Verse 1
I am the sparkling dust in the sunlight
I am the round sun
I am the morning mist and the breathing of evening
I am the whispering wind in the orchard
And the surf on the cliff
I am the bowed head and the pardon
Both love and the heart that has hardened
I am the fear, the pain and the tears of your loss
I am the time, the void and the line you’ll never cross
I am the dusty dreams of old
Won’t you come and find me?
Chorus
Look to the skies
See your own eyes
And out to the sea
Hear your heart’s mystery
And the trees and the earth
Sing of our rebirth
Mmm mm mm mm mm
Hail to the Sun
Hail, hail, hail, hail to the God in everyone!
For I am the question that burns in your mind
I am the space as the words fall behind
I am a crumbling concept of time
Verse 2
I am the sweetest taste, I am bitter
I am the curling tongue
I am the calling bird and the unfurling of wings
I am the coldest water falling
And the gift of Spring I am the prayer that you whisper each night
And the loving arms holding you tight
I am the sign, the bread and the wine of your flesh
I am the crime, both reason and rhyme of innocence
I am the dusty dreams of old
Won’t you come and find me?
Chorus
Outro
I am I am I am I am I…..
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11. |
I Will Break
04:50
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Verse 1
I had a dream, listen, oh listen!
I couldn’t see the slightest light glisten
And I was afraid, I couldn’t escape
The demons were coming for me
Why such demons are coming for me?
Verse 2
Then from below, a stir and a wiggle
My fingers and toes did wriggle and jiggle
And a great cry did bellow and wail
A goddess inside had something to say
From the infinite fire I found in my tail
Chorus
I will break like the waves
Nothing left and nothing saved
And with a crash almighty, a rumble of thunder
The starfish will wonder if everything’s starting again
Verse 3
And with a flash of lightning, the frightening old
Demons did crash in a heap, no more fighting
Just piles of ash so rich for the garden of
Flowers that’s growing now here in my heart
They dance in the light though they sing of the dark
Verse 4
And a new song I sing for the fear
When it’s crushing my tongue and trapping my tears
I just follow the drum beat down to my soul
Where I find all but nothingness makes up the whole
And broken we open to treasures untold
Middle 8
So I’ll give it some welly from my belly
Give it some juice, let it loose
Give it my all and smash down the walls
Om Kali Kali as she calls
Chorus rpt to end
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12. |
These Loving Arms
07:05
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Verse 1
Circle of brothers
Finding yourselves in the eyes of each other
Singing the songs of your fathers’s grandfathers
Calling out from your hearts,
‘Entrust us.’
Verse 2
Circle of sisters
Cleansing the blood of the oceans and rivers
Give of your bodies to nourish the others
Crying out from your hearts,
‘Please see us.’
Bridge
I pray that you know yourself
That you love yourself
Feel these loving arms around you
And I pray, oh that you feel safe
Find your wings of grace
And your courage rise to meet you
Chorus
Mm weya nay hey yo way…
Verse 3
Tribes of the forest
Carry the wisdom of those gone before us
All you’ve protected so sacred and cherished
Calling us from your hearts,
‘Return to us.’
Verse 4
Father and mother
Union of opposites merging together
Spirit of Heaven meet body of Gaia
Song of creation sounds
Within us
Bridge
Chorus
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Ruth Blake England, UK
Ruth’s gently evocative music is born out of her own passion for self-knowledge; driven to explore the deepest essence of her humanity and her interconnectedness with the great web of life. In her music she blends the numinous with the human, weaving hypnotic guitar riffs and tender poetry with rambunctious offbeat grooves and playful word-smithery. ... more
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