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Instrumental
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The Roots and the Stones
04:53
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Where once the light from her weary stones has been thrown,
A stand of holly twists have flourished and grown
Wild with abandon, about the oaks now aloof,
Branches probing, where once a grey roof
Stone-vaulted over the ageing walls towered,
Before they 'neath the Stygian cowered:
The birches in their checked stealth have made
Of the hall ruins a meeting glade:
Bathing, greening the stones where once
Yellow torchlight danced in every sconce.
The ivy, rambling, has woven a coat
Over the night stairs crumbling near the moat;
Where fireside bards have played, and too their rest
Chorus the birdsongs from every nest:
Alas now, no earthly whispers grace
This nature reclaimed, silent, ponderous place.
Coda:
The rook-echoing castle, gaunt,
Has of the woodland become a haunt.
Midwinter, 1995
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The Farewell Dance
02:29
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Instrumental
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Rune Song
05:35
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Carved within the living trees,
Forever to remain,
The gothic eaves of long ago
Bear ghosts of dwarven names.
Only by moonlight
Could the runes be read,
Glistening in the starlight,
Observed by the dead...
Secret messages could be passed on -
Seeping through the eaves -
Observed only by Oakenshield
And owls within the leaves...
So when moonshine kisses the Land,
And night shrouds the wood,
Ancient runes will whisper
'Til the dawn comes to bud.
Midsummer, 1987
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Spirit Child
04:44
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Where the sunlight in your hair
Ignites the beauty in your stare,
All the river's shimmering
Is drowned within your glimmering...
(One-two) many days,
I've let you stand here in the
(Three-four) pouring rain
Lonely, the winter sleeping
(Five-six) icy weeks,
Weeping tender through my call...
In your dancing near the shore
Where my breath had sand before,
Spirit Chile you didn't see
My soft watching, angel free!
Without a care you drank the wind,
My ghostly ever-child of will;
All the rosiest jewels you are,
Child in sleep, in spirit, far...
(One-two) many days,
I've let you stand here in the
(Three-four) pouring rain
Lonely, the winter sleeping
(Five-six) icy weeks,
Weeping tender through my call...
Summer's end, 2000
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The Spirit of Solitude
04:19
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Instrumental
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Instrumental
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The Winter Waking
07:02
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Seasons come, and seasons go -
Time is just some ghost, you know...
Ask me where the river;s flowing,
Some place where her heart if knowing...
And the sun, she'll smile, you know,
Kissing soft that gentle flow,
Laughing with the river's thoughts,
Smiling at the love she's brought...
I have been running through wilds of green,
Dream yields their leaves!
The fairest meadows the Few have seen,
Los in the eaves...
Wandering the ruins of ancient poems,
Child of the oaks...
Steeped in the Lore of the woodland tomes,
Scarlets and golds...
And the sun, she'll smile, you know,
Kissing soft that gentle flow,
Laughing with the river's thoughts,
Smiling at the love she's brought...
Wake me, my angel - I've slept
With my sword at my side;
Silvers and golds,
Jewels rare and bold,Gleaming with fire,
Feeding desire...
Gently the woodland has nestled me
Softly in sleep;
Oak leaves and vines,
Smiling through time,
Green Man adored,
Greening the sword...
Wake me now, my Forest Queen,
Draped in gold, and woodland green,
For seasons come, and seasons go,
And Time is just some ghost, you know...
Midwinter, 2002
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Valle Crucis
04:29
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I could paint a thousand picture,
When I sit between your ancient walls,
And I listen in the moonlight, as the screech owl
Utters eerie, lonely calls.
All is still, it lets your mind unwind,
The solemn ruins feel no pass of time.
I see the image of the spirits, as they walk within
The Valley of the Cross...
The playing of the shadows...
The glimmers of the stars shine on the moss...
Witness to the ever changing lands,
The ancient stones retain their aim to stand...
My soul will dwell within your walls,
And I will be there...
Midsummer 1987
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Beyond, Beyond
08:16
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Where, where, O where has she gone?
Through beauty, sorrow, love and joy,
To where the sun and moon are one,
A single spirit, an harmonious play...
A kiss for her brow at end of day...
There, beyond the fallen log in fire,
Beyond the wind's breath in her ire,
Where now in a spill, pools the moon glow,
Dewing the meadow grass far below,
There, she her secret keeps,
Where forlorn Old Man Willow weeps,
Beneath the sunmoon moonsun silver,
Tremulous at midnight, all a-quiver...
Beneath his lamb-soft, parental embrace,
Hid fingers gentle upon her face,
There she 'neath his bowers lies,
Where the ageless moonbeams dance and die,
Where the pearls from a million suns have shone,
Where every tiny flower has its throne.
Late spring, 1996
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Sunset Eagle
04:58
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Soaring to the fading sky,
The great white eagle starts to fly
To the melting sun.......
Floating, on this timeless flight
To the ever advancing night,
From the waning day...
Upon the clouds he lazily flies -
Plumage of gold reflects the skies...
As he slowly soars on......
The land around him looms below,
The sun besets his fiery glow,
Like a real of colour...
Withat a care he seems to float -
Ominous cries strike fiery notes
That are heard no more...
Sunset signs his golden flight -
Dreamy journeys through pillars of light...
As he slowly soars on...
Soar... Dive...
Live... Thrive!
Sail... Float...
The sky is your sea!
Soar... Dive...
Live in harmony...
Summer, 1986
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Kevin Murphy - Bass
Thomas Legg - Drums, Percussion,
Keys
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