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Feather
03:48
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Sometimes we don't know where a feather's from
Sometimes we don't know if our hope belongs
But sealed in its mystery lie days of sky-lit flight
The places that we go to in our dreams
The kite is a revenant returning to the wing
I cannot count the miles of his brave westering
But perhaps he flew much further than the last time that we met
And left his token here in the West
Feather in the dark, feather in the dark
Sometimes all you need to find
Lying in your hand, like hope in the morning
The woodpecker hides amongst the tallest trees
And the drilling of his drum is the most you'll likely see
But perhaps he took a chance in a strange moorland heat
To leave a glossy gift at my feet
The hoopoe is rare in our grey northern skies
But perhaps an adventurer left me a surprise
Riding on a blue moon from some sunny southern plain
To leave me a reminder of his name
I found a feather in the dark, I did not know its name
But for me it was a treasure I held on to just the same
A buzzard or a harrier, a cuckoo or a jay
A pheasant or a partridge, it does not matter either way
For sealed in its mystery beats hope's strong wing
Showing the way that we should fly in our dreams
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Where I Stand
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Where I stand, I mark two lives, two sets of hands
In two tongues, a line for a father, a line for his son
A father who travelled far
A son born of this land
The wind rushes through their lives
And leaves them where I stand
For work he came, or for love, or for hunger, or for loss, or for gain
And his son made old worlds new, and made two worlds one
A modern tale, through our heavy-built borders they are moving still
Yet all the same, it's for 2000 thousand years I've remembered their names
Always the same, the only constant in life is change
For life is an old song, an old song that must be sung
Telling the old tune, of a father and his son
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Back From Hope
04:06
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Wherever we hiked
And the hills in their glory sang their songs
Or we lay upon the silent mountain
When we found our rest in walking all the day
And our feet trod our story on the paths
Wherever we hiked
Wherever we hiked
I've seen the storms come in
The glimmer of a distant skyline
Been wet through to my skin
Been wind-drenched and sun-dried
And we would always come back from Hope
On Sundays, we'd take the Iron Way
Leave the city for the moorlands
And you'd show me how the spine of England rose
Just as the sun rambled in a Pennine sky
Wherever we hiked
Now you're gone, and it's a distance that I cannot cross
And the Peaks they give no answers
And I know that we were not the first or last
But we were walkers, we were dancers
And we hiked...
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Wanting Nothing
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Somewhere, on some bright screen, someone I might have liked to be
But I am wanting nothing now, I am wanting nothing
A little patch of sunlight, a fire to warm the cold night
Shut the heaving world away, far from the motorway
Slate, dark blue, and cold, and clean; mud to sink my boots in
I've left the chasing, and the to-and-fro, built myself a different home
Yesterday is good and gone, tomorrow it might never come...
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What we save from the tide
We haul it up to the shore
We lay it out to dry
We look around for more
Worn smooth by weather
Glass and stone
Sea tossed treasure
Wood and bone
Sink or swim / We must go in / The water is calling
What we know of our dreams
We try to hold them close
So much harder than it seems
They slip away like ghosts
The fragments that we find
Wood and bone
Washed up on the tide
Sea and stone
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Oyster
05:56
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Here's to the oyster, who spins beauty out of pain
Who takes the flaw within the shell, and brings forth a pearl to shine
Here's to the salmon, who must swim against the stream
Who learns to leap uncomfortable, and leap, and leap again
We keep walking in the rain
We keep holding out for hope
Scanning for the rainbow
We fail until we don't, we fail until we don't
Here's to the lark, who sings out of the night
Rising from the sullen earth, to bring in the new light
Yes, here's to the lark, who sings at break of day
Rising from the sullen earth, to fly the night away
Here's to the thing with feathers, that keeps us on the road
The very last thing in the box, that lightens up our load
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Time Away
03:40
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Frost ungives the shrouded field, time away
Bird call echoes in the hill, time away, time away
Time away from toil and sorrow
The work will still be there tomorrow
Play the song we learnt together
Play to ward off cloudy weather
Light the fire and warm the pan
Hold this time tight in our hands
Pause the world all in its turning
Pause the world all frayed and burning
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Growing
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Growing, growing
All these years my love has been
I drew my love a wedding band / I wore it on my left hand
Diamonds set all in white gold / To have and forever hold
This ring from my finger slipped / And round my heart a fear gripped
And though I searched the house around / Nowhere could my ring be found
Now 16 years have passed away / The house I tend, day on day
My garden trees do grow high / I'll reap my harvest by and by
The time has come to pull the crop / From the earth I draw it up
A carrot, strangely ringed around / For what is lost may still be found, for what is lost may still be found
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Wander
05:06
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My father's father left the west when the war led him to roam
His children they forgot the tongue that had been their father's home
The shapes of words were broken, by the city's endless roar
And the lines of accent spoken told their stories no more
But it's not about your blood or the mud around your bones
But the toil of your hands and the seeds they have sown
The roots that you dig when you make your home
For feet were made to wander
I have a love for the land that I've known
For the trees and fields by the sea where I've grown
But I believe you should choose where you make your home
For feet were made to wander
Clearance and enclosure took our fathers from the land
They forgot their tongues, forgot the sun on their backs
They did not know their brothers, so how could they lend a hand?
They did not know themselves, so how could they make a stand?
The oak, and the ash, the bonny ivy, the bonny ivy tree,
They're growing green in my own country, my own country
Plants that know how to survive throw seeds to the wind
They put down roots in the place they thrive - that's where they belong
They make a wild garden, growing in the heart of town
Such beautiful, varied weeds, they're hard to trample down
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Spencer The Rover
06:02
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This song was composed by Spencer the Rover
Who travelled through England and most parts all round
He'd been much reduced, which had caused great confusion
And that was the reason he'd started to roam
In Yorkshire, near Rotherham, he'd been on his rambles
Weary of travelling he sat down to rest
At the foot of yon mountain, there runs a clear fountain
With bread and cold water he himself did refresh
It tasted much sweeter than the gold he had wasted
Sweeter than honey, and it gave more content
But the thoughts of his children lamenting their father
Brought tears to his eyes, and it made him lament
With the night fast approaching, to the woods he resorted
With woodbine and ivy his bed for to make
He dreamt about crying, lamenting and dying
Go home to your family and rambling forsake
On the 5th of November, I've a reason to remember
When first he arrived home to his family and wife
They stood so surprised, when first he arrived
To see such a stranger once more in their lives
But then his children came round him with prittle-prattling stories
Prittle-prattling stories, to drive care away
Now they're all united like birds of one feather
Like bees in one hive contented they'll stay
And now they're all living in the cottage contented
With woodbine and children growing all around the door
They're as happy as those that's got thousands of riches
Contented he'll stay, and go rambling no more.
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The Longest Day
04:45
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I saw the sun rise, toward the glory of another day
The sun broke his heart when he saw you, when the ledge of the world cut him off halfway
He strained his neck on the back of the sky
When the ocean reflected his head
And the last I saw him, he was saying goodbye, staining the heavens red
On May Day morning, we danced him in,
With a tune and a shout
But no sooner did he reign in the sky
Than the darkness was chasing him out
Cry for the light on a winter's night
Cry for the wind and sorrow
But dry your tears before the morn
For summer is coming tomorrow
Cry for the light on a winter's night
Cry for stormy weather
But the day is long and full of hope
And the circle turns forever
The circle turns forever
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