1. |
Old Merlaine
04:02
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OLD MERLAINE
I went down to the sea
What ecstacy, what ecstacy
I felt the sand beneath
Imagine me, imagine me
All alone on my own
All alone on my own
Coral tinkling ebb
Waves that crash, winds that laugh
My heart is beating fast
And as I wade through waters blue and black
There is no turning back
There is no turning back
I’m going to Old Merlaine
Where the mermaids play their games
And oceans feel and nothing is real
And the poets feel no pain
When they go to Old Merlaine
No you’ll never be the same
When you go to Old Merlaine
Hair caught in seaweed
Eyes are turning green
Find me a place where oceans feel like me
And I can hear you calling, calling out my name
And I can feel me falling into Old Merlaine…
I’m going to Old Merlaine
Where the mermaids play their games
And oceans feel and everything is real
And the poets feel no pain
Into waters blue and black
When they go to Old Merlaine
Now there’s no turning back
No you’ll never be the same
I hear you calling from the shore
When you go to Old Merlaine
No never now no more...
No never now no more...
No never now no more...
No never now no more...
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2. |
The Opposite of Love
03:30
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The Opposite of Love
When I woke you up last night
Were you dreaming of the sea
Or were you dreaming about me?
And all the things I said
Were like daggers in the dark
Did I hit or miss your heart?
And I’m sorry that
I’m not your beautiful girl no more
I’m not the angel you adore
I’m like the cloudy skies above
Like the opposite of love
I’m like the thunder and the rain
Like the river hat pulls you under -
That pulls you under and under again…
And when I do attack
You never seem to wanna fight back
Why is that, why is that?
Have I found myself an angel without wings?
An earthly thing
You make me wanna sing
You make me wanna forget everything
And I’m sorry that
I’m not your beautiful girl no more
I’m not the angel you adore
I’m like the cloudy skies above
Like the opposite of love
I’m like the thunder and the rain
Like the river that pulls you under -
That pulls you under and under again…
And I don’t wanna be like the river
That pulls you under, that pulls you under
Give me one more chance, to be the girl you saw
Under the stony arch, when the world was ours…
Not the cloudy skies above
Not the opposite of love
Not the thunder and the rain
Not the river that pulls you under
That pulls you under and under again
That pulls you under and under again…
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3. |
Chrysalis
03:48
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CHRYSALIS
It’s dark and still underneath
We find it very hard to breathe
Where have the angels gone to?
Only demons now to carry us home
Where has the child run to?
Far from this material world
Where has mater flown to?
She’s lost in swirls
She's lost in swirls
This is my chrysalis
This is my sweet abyss
Where I sew my bright new wings
As I think on terrible things
You were my star on the sea
Always watching over me
Now I’m standing on the shore
And I can’t see you...
(No I can’t see you
No I can’t see you)
Anymore
And we’re so tired down here
Working all day and all night
And we’re so tired down here
Wondering what’s wrong and what’s right
But we hope that when we die it’ll be alright
And we hope that when we fly it’ll be on wings of light
Of indigo and amber glow
Of mountain green
Cool crystal stream
Of blood red
And bluebells
And black dreams
And Lucifer fell to earth
Wished he could return
But the sun his wings did burn
But the sun his wings did burn, burn, burn
This is my chrysalis
This is my sweet abyss
Where I sew my bright new wings
As I think on terrible things
You were my star on the sea
Always watching over me
Now I’m standing on the shore
And I can’t see you...
(No I can’t see you
No I can’t see you)
Anymore
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4. |
Butterfly
02:41
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BUTTERFLY
My heart flutters like a butterfly
That flutters high into the blue blue sky,
Into the blue blue sky
You saved my lonely soul from Winter’s hold
And now I’m older I can see,
How very good you were for me...
Hmm, I pray that your heart is still the same
‘Cause everything can change with time
Hmm, I pray that your heart is still the same
‘Cause nothing will ever change mine
Will ever change mine
Light fades another day has drifted by I wonder when,
we’ll be together again, we’ll be together again
No need to count the stars or blades of grass that you pass,
my love is greater than that, my love is greater than that
And I am overflowing with the feeling of not knowing when
You’ll complete me again...
And I am overflowing with the feeling of not knowing when
You’ll complete me again...
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5. |
Indigo Sky
04:33
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INDIGO SKY
Lazy days I left them by me hopscotch pavement,
Lazy days are trampled by my heavy feet,
We would meet in some shady green place,
On lazy days seems so far away…
Looking up, when once we were together
Looking up, well I get a sense of forever
And ever and ever and ever,
Forever and ever and ever and ever
Indigo, Indigo Sky
It’s you I try to find
Wherever you are am I
With a river flowing by
On the grass lay you and I
And an indigo sky
(Way up high, way up high…)
Heavy as lead with each move I tread,
Heavy as lead through the noise and the dirt of the street,
We would meet in some shady green place,
On lazy days like some childhood dream…
Looking up, when once we were together
Looking up, well I get a sense of forever
And ever and ever and ever,
Forever and ever and ever and ever
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6. |
Arabia
04:02
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ARABIA
The horses are coming, hear them coming
Through the desert of the night
The horses are coming, hear them running
With the sight of a thousand eyes
Arabia, Arabia
The darkest star you are
To the city of stars
Where the blue roses are
How they’ve run so far
How they’ve run so far…
Wells of green, crystal clean,
Watch them drink to another tide
Hearts are waiting, anticipating
For the night of a thousand cries
See how they run, run, run, see how they run
Hooves thumping hearts beating as one
Hooves thumping hearts beating as one…
VO:
To where the blues roses grow
Found in field of Persian dreams
To where the blues roses grow
Blooming bright on Persian nights
They all ran after the farmer’s wife
Who cut off their tales with a carving knife
They all ran after the farmer’s wife
Three blind mice
To the city of no sun, no sun anymore
Forget me not this folklore
No sun anymore
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Donna Anita Dublin, Ireland
'LORE' is an album inspired by the Celtic seasons of Bealtaine (growth) and Samhain (return to
earth).
Carved out over a number of years it embraces the changing landscape of the natural world and the inner moods of love, loss, joy and despair. A video for the debut track ‘Chrysalis’ was filmed this summer in Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.
Donna is a Theatre, TV & Film actor. www.donnaanita.com
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