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The Stolen Child
04:12
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Come away, come away, oh human child
To where the fairy fruit grows wild
Your soul's made of sea glass, and bog oak, and moss
This life will be your death
Your death would be my loss
Come away, come away, oh human boy
Through the green-blooded forest we'll run with joy
Let me blow the concrete dust from your heart
Our twin flames should never have been kept apart
Come away, come away, oh human child
Your eyes have left me so beguiled
We'll harvest the toadstools and howl at the moon
I'll bandage your wounds if you dance to my tune
Come away, come away, oh human boy
What comes between us I will destroy
Your home is all gone now but have no fear
My claim on your soul will last thousands of years
Come away from the city and under the hill
Not to return until I've had my fill
My beautiful boy, I cannot tell a lie
Your kin will forget you
Their tears will run dry
Come sit at my feet and what magick we'll weave
Come eat at my table so you can never leave
Let me steal the fire that burns in your eyes
Pack up your things and say your goodbyes
Come away, come away, oh human child
And follow me into sweet exile
The North Sea water runs in both our veins
You've nothing to lose but your mortal chains
Come away, come away, oh human boy
I'll be your queen, and you'll be my toy
You can't hide from my love or run from your fate
There's no use in crying now
It's far too late
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False Spring
04:45
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On a day when white blossom and snow fell together
There was something in the air that I couldn't quite place
Til you took my hand and the sparks flew, I remembered
Magick like this from some forgotten place
Buried deep in my heart
Where the wildflowers grow
Where frost-covered memories
Stirred and awoke
Hello, hello
Do you know, do you know, do you know
I think we met before once a lifetime ago
Hello, hello
Do you know, do you know, do you know
I think we met before once a lifetime ago
When you walked away the abyss expanded
Leaving nothing but an ache for you within
I asked my crows about you but
Got no straight answers
My cards and my runes told me
That we are kin
From the furnaces of stars
From long before the flood
When the trees and the seas
Wrote the songs in our blood
Hello, hello
Do you know, do you know, do you know
You asked me to meet you here
Once a lifetime ago
Hello, hello
Do you know, do you know, do you know
You asked me to meet you here
Once a lifetime ago
And by the Gorton Reservoir
I sat down and wept
Cos that's all I had the power to do
And that's when I felt you
Dreaming about me
Beneath a bloody Scorpio moon
Oh because you and I
Have unfinished business
It's written in our DNA
Perhaps we mapped stars in Cairo,
Stormed the Bastille in Paris,
Or smoked Laurel Canyon evenings away
Well until you return I will wait right here for you
What else did you expect me to do?
So come find me in the wood between the worlds
When it's finally just me and you
Cos you know I would wait
Cos I always waited for you
And you know I would wait
At least one more lifetime for you
For you
You know I would wait
Cos I always waited for you, for you
You know I would wait
At least one more lifetime for you
Hello hello
Now I know, now I know, now I know
We'll always meet right here
Once a lifetime or so
Hello hello
Now I know, now I know, now I know
We'll always meet right here
Once a lifetime or so
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Hiraeth
08:06
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Beyond seven mountains and seven seas
I found you, and you were meant for me
You were the daisy, and I was the bee
You were the moon and I was the sea
I've never dreamed of anyone this much, it's true
But since the gods conspired
Dream is all I can do
Chorus:
I'll howl for the hiraeth
The place I've never seen
A requiem for love lost and
Love that's never been
Surrender to fate
She laughs at all our plans
I'll howl for the hiraeth
As you slip through my hands
You awoke feral magick deep inside
And now she won't go back to bed
And I never lost you, you were never mine
So I'll weep for my own wasted heart instead
Life is to be lived not dreamed of
But dream is all you do, my Pisces love
And if I could hate you, believe me I would
If only I could
Chorus
Who did I love?
Was it you or was it someone I imagined?
Who do you love?
Is it her or just yourself?
What a tangled web I wove
When I bore my soul to you
What an ugly mess you left
When you went back to what you knew
Now you're just a ghost who haunts
The silences of my days
Your voice was a holy thing that
Promised, tempted, and betrayed
And I feel you forgetting me
As I lay me down to sleep
Out of sight and out of mind
And never mine to keep
Chorus
I can feel you forgetting me
I can feel you forgetting me
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Shelli Le Fay Manchester, UK
Shelli Le Fay was hatched from a green egg with brown speckles, which was sat on by a fox for nine months. Her father is an oak tree and her mother is the moon.
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