Hiraeth

from Feral Heart by Shelli Le Fay

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lyrics

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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from Feral Heart, released December 2, 2022

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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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