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Amethyst Shoes
04:33
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I put down my book, I laid it on the grass
You were standing across from me, eyes closed
In a reverie, in a reverie
Wearing those amethyst shoes
Those amethyst shoes
You were so clear and free while I walked in a maze
I had followed your path, and found you in the shade
In a reverie, in a reverie
Wearing those amethyst shoes
Those amethyst shoes
Beneath your eyelids you can see strange colours
And every breath you take feels so alive
Through grounded feet you feel electric currents
And every step you take you have arrived
The further you go the more you stay still
Wearing those amethyst shoes
Those amethyst shoes
I put on those shoes, ready to depart
You faded back, the elements carried me
In a reverie, in a reverie
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2. |
Turning Of The Year
04:57
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If we speak just to fill the silence
And if we write just to fill the space
We struggle to find perspective
As we move on from place to place
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
And as the crow builds her nest by instinct
And as the lark sings his song by grace
The geese know to fly in formation
As they move on without a trace
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
No we can’t fight our nature
No we can’t hide our love
We can’t fight our nature
No we can’t hide our love
Every new year brings new life
Every new dawn brings new light
Every new year brings new life
Every new dawn brings new light
And we circle around the question
As the earth draws her path around the sun
Though the lines of our live must wander
To depart from what we’ve always done
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full
The turning of the year is ripe for change
Gather up all the plans we’ve made
It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,
Follow this breath to its full potential
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3. |
If
04:26
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If it is broken you can try to fix it
And if it is lost you can try to find it
Cos everything has got its right place
And everything has got its right time
And everything has got a balance, balance
And everything will work out fine
And if you’re not feeling it don’t beat yourself up
And if life is dealing a poor hand it’s time to pick up
Cos everything has got its right place
And everything has got its right time
And everything has got a rhythm, rhythm
And everything will work out fine
And if you are harbouring doubts, then let them be known
And if you are holding a grudge, then let it go
Like a dew drop on morning grass
Or like a rainstorm, it will pass
Blossoms open and then they fall
Keep it in mind that this is all
A drop in the ocean
Cos everything has got its right place
And everything has got its right time
And everything has got a balance, balance
And everything will work out fine
Yes everything has got its right place
And everything has got its right time
And everything has got a rhythm, rhythm
And everything will work out fine
Work out fine, work out fine
Work out fine
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4. |
Rooted
03:35
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According to physics we exist in one place at a time
But it’s hard to move on with old haunts still alive in our minds
I know it’s tough to find that we must
Leave these things behind
The past is another country, or so I heard, long ago
We did things differently there, oh it taught us all we know
I know it’s tough letting go
But that’s the way we grow
Do you want to get rooted with me?
Do you want to get rooted with me?
We could start a garden, plant a small grove of trees, if you please
We won’t need much to be true when we say we have all we need
It’s enough to love fully,
Freely, and with ease
Do you want to get rooted with me?
Do you want to get rooted with me?
We could grow together like those old twisted trees
Do you want to get rooted with me?
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5. |
Carried by the Breeze
03:15
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I watched you close your hand
On a seed carried by the breeze
I wondered how it all comes
So effortlessly
Ebb and flow, you come and go
Wax and wane, oh your song is still the same
Oh to live life as a dance
Like a leaf carried on a stream
In harmony with everything you see
Oh you are living in a dream
Ebb and flow, you come and go
Wax and wane, oh your song is still the same
And all that you need seems to float right into your hands
You say you don’t know what you want
Oh the next day you’ve got it planned
Cos it’s easy, it’s easy
Ebb and flow, you come and go
Wax and wane, oh your song is still the same
I watched you close your hand
On a seed carried by the breeze
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6. |
Disparate
04:27
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Do you ever want to hold a secret tight
To keep something for yourself at the end of a long night?
And are you feeling stretched, oh life pulls you so thin
That you feel you’re getting close to physically breaking
And do you need to have some fun – you remember what that means
Just like we did before we were fraying at the seams
All this disparate shit that ties up our time
And our minds, how it tangles and binds
It made sense at the time to say yes to that smile
But now you’re navigating multiple lives
Just take one day at a time, that’s what people still say
And finish what you start, oh before your mind can stray
Put one foot before the other, oh walking clears the head
And ignore what’s left undone by the time you go to bed
All this disparate shit that ties up our time
And our minds, how it tangles and binds
It made sense at the time to say yes to that smile
But now you’re navigating multiple lives
Now you’re navigating multiple lives
Simplicity, solitude, quietness
Simplicity, solitude, quietness
Simplicity, solitude, quietness
Oh come simplicity, solitude, come quietness, come quietness
But it all comes back
Yes it all comes back
Oh it all comes back
Yes it all comes back
All this disparate shit that ties up our time
And our minds, how it tangles and binds
It made sense at the time to say yes to that smile
But now you’re navigating multiple lives
Now you’re navigating multiple lives
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7. |
All Your Atoms
05:28
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Do you need to write it down before you know how you feel?
And do you need to say it out loud before you know what you mean?
And if you do, yes if you do, well that’s ok, take your time
Let your busy mind unwind
And find what rings true
And when life gets too loud do you wish to go underground?
With the worms and the fungi, there’s a peace to be found
Underneath where they all speak
In silent inflections
A mycelium network is listening to you
And if you ever think that you don’t matter
Just remember all your atoms will be something else one day
We are custodians and janitors, it might not sound that glamourous
All my heroes go unsung
But if you lift your voice and sing tonight
Remember the power of a butterfly’s wing in flight
And it might take only one little movement to start a storm
And in a flash, a lightning bolt, something fresh might be born
We’ll take the old and make it new
Oh beauty unexpected
Everything is connected, and that includes you
And if you ever think that you don’t matter
Just remember all your atoms will be something else one day
We are custodians and janitors, it might not sound that glamourous
All my heroes go unsung
But if you lift your voice and sing tonight
Remember the power of a butterfly’s wing in flight
We have more power than we know
Both in our physical beings and our souls
And if you ever think that you don’t matter
Just remember all your atoms will be something else one day
We are custodians and janitors, it might not sound that glamourous
All my heroes go unsung
But if you lift your voice and sing tonight
Oh if you lift your voice and sing tonight
Oh when you lift your voice and sing tonight
Remember the power of a butterfly’s wing in flight
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8. |
The Sky Today
05:06
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Blue, the colour of the sky today
But I find myself wishing for rain
It’s true, if there’s trouble, well I’ll stay with it
I won’t shy away, deny the pain
But I don’t know what to say
No I don’t know what to say just now
And you, well you’ll have to find you way somehow
Our path might diverge, might meet again
The future is partly what we make of it
And partly locked in by what already came
But I don’t know what to say
No I don’t know what to say just now
Still I don’t know what to say
‘Bout the sky today
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9. |
A Reckoning
03:21
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Since you shone your light in the dark
There’s a reckoning, a reckoning to be done
There’s so much still to learn in this life
So let the light, let the light, let it burn bright
To learn and to unlearn
To learn how to unlearn
To learn and to unlearn
Oh I can feel this turning
Let your candle burn
I can feel this yearning
Let your candle burn
Since you shone your light in the dark
There’s a reckoning, a reckoning, a reckoning
To be done
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10. |
Old Light
03:34
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If we gather it up, all of this old light
Old light, it burns so brightly
And if we glean from the pearls of these pages
Pages from the library
Of those who came before
Wisdom is in your stories
And if we listen real close to the whispers
Whispers on the wind
And attention is king, stumbling on insight
In the dark
All those who came before
Wisdom is in your stories
All those who came before
Wisdom is in your stories
Illuminate, illuminate!
With old light, old light, shining brightly
Illuminate, illuminate!
With old light, old light, shining brightly
Illuminate, illuminate!
With old light, old light, shining brightly
Illuminate, illuminate!
With old light, old light, shining brightly
Shining brightly
Shining brightly
Shining brightly
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Anne-Marie Sanderson
Singer-songwriter in Cumbria, UK.
New album, Old Light, out 5th Sep 2024
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