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Ballad of Falling Snow
04:24
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BALLAD OF FALLING SNOW
I’m sitting by the water, counting down the days
Dreaming of a daughter to rise above the ways
I’m waiting for a prince, waiting for a king
To bring me frankincense, to bring me everything
I’m washing at the old mill wearing skirts of red
I hope September won’t be soon dead
I see a messenger running towards me
Has he got a letter from you for me to read?
I Dark Star have travelled far
I Dark Star have been to war
Just out of time I fall to earth
From the bullet of a gun
I will remember our love
In the September Sun
This is the Ballad of Falling Snow
I wonder will I ever know where did you ever go?
I got your letter how I cried
And turned to falling snow inside
I’m sitting by the water many years from now
You should see our daughter
Running wild and proud
When they pulled me out
From the waters depth
I did scream and shout
Take me to the rocky ledge
In the wind and rain and the falling snow I could never let you go
In the wind and rain and the falling snow I could never let you go
I see you cross the old bridge
Almost a ghost coming for me
Did you bring me frankincense?
Did you bring me everything?
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2. |
Erzurum
03:58
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ERZURUM
Erzurum, I thought I lost you somewhere I couldn’t get back to
But with October’s turning you do appear
As if somehow you’d always been right here
I walk through your streets
Golden leaves falling from oak and ashen tree
In the sky the smoke is curling
Deep inside my heart is yearning
Erzurum, I thought I lost you somewhere I couldn’t get back to
Well there’s been a change of heart
Am I so different from when I first found you
Oh Erzurum…
I wake too soon
These last few moments feel like years in a tomb
My heart is bleeding and the snow is coming soon
I can see it from the window of my room
There’s a storm inside my head
It rages back and forth in my lonely, lonely bed
I cling to the raft and hope I will survive it
Yeah I hope I will survive it
There’s been a change of heart
I loved him from the very start
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3. |
In November
04:09
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IN NOVEMBER
In November my heart did skip a beat
Do you remember when fist our eyes did meet
In November the leaves are a copper yellow
As we walk down the rusty mile
To secret places we would go
To hide our love from eyes that would follow
Earth ground, we fall as lovers
Spell found, there is no other
Star bound oh my baby
Star bound you have made me
You have made me
You have saved me
In November the sky is always grey
And cloudy faces don’t have much to say
I love the way you walk by my side
Down the rusty mile
We kiss by the ruby vine
Is this wrong or is this right?
A witches spell or simply clandestine
Clandestine…
You never pushed me I never pried
You never crushed me I never cried
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4. |
A Broken Rhyme
03:58
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A BROKEN RHYME
I had a vision brought on by a game
A superstition, so I gave it a name
My story foretold I never could tell
How this paper and ink brought me to the brink of my kinda hell
You’re my water and wine my very own Frankenstein
Just a broken rhyme that I heard one time…
In the cold winter sunshine
I’ll be thine, I’ll be thine
In the dark of the morning’s light
I’ll hold you tight, I’ll treat you right…
…I’ll sing to you, a broken rhyme
That I heard one time
When I was walking with Frankenstein
In the cold winter sunshine
We ran like crazy children high up on the hill
I wanna write a story about the monster within
I love the way you lie on my bed
In your nakedness you turn to me and said…
Will you follow me into the hollow
Into the world of grave moonshine?
Will you be my Oceania
Will you take my hand in thine?
It’s a dark, dark world even though I ran
Towards the sun as fast as I can
It’s a dark, dark world even though I ran
Towards the sun as fast as I can…
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5. |
The Silent King
04:53
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THE SILENT KING
The Silent King sits on a throne of white
Harkening in Spring
Before this new light the world lay draped in darkness
And deafening silence
He does recall an angel fluttering by
The snowy woods once
She gave him her love but now she heaves and tosses her hair
And sings without a care
Bring me close to the sea
Where the silver sea horses, to me are beckoning, to me are beckoning
(Set me free from the clutches of The Silent King)
Let me be in the bosom of the ever singing Spring
Lest I ever should forget how I loved him
The Silent King
Ripe and full September cannot fathom March’s cold
But the Silent King’s all knowing on his icy white throne
Now here’s a newsflash the Silent King has passed
With a tear in his eye and a smile on his lips
For an angel he once held too close to him
We played games to while away the icy days
Hide and Seek between the frosted trees
He always found me even though I hid quietly
He always found me even though I hid quietly
And she sings, forget me not
And he sings, you’re all I’ve got
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6. |
Sparrow
03:22
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SPARROW
Help me, help me, somebody, somebody,
Help me, help me, I can’t swim
But I’m falling in
The ice is thin and I’m falling in, in, in,
In, in, in...
I don’t wanna fall in a birdbath baby
I don’t wanna fall in a birdbath
I can’t fly,
And I don’t know why,
No I can’t fly
And I don’t know why
I can’t fly
I wanna soar like a sparrow
I wanna sing just like a lark
And I wanna take a walk with you in the park
(Yeah I wanna take a walk with you in the park)
(Like a lark I’ll sing in the park in Spring
Like a lark I’ll sing with you,
In the park in Spring like a lark I’ll sing
Like a lark I’ll sing with you.
Won’t you sing with me too?
Won’t you sing with me too?)
Help me, help me, somebody, somebody,
Help me, help me, to let you go
Momma please don’t cry
Out of your arms
I need to fly,
But I can’t fly
Wingbeat little bird,
When cat comes,
Wingbeat little bird,
High in the morning sun,
High in the morning sun…
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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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