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Coastal
01:54
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A rocky shoal between grey and blue
Distant peaks flecked with green and white
Our souls reside between these places
Clothed in beautiful reflections of light
Our lineage; Earth and Sky
As the water laps towards the shore
bones embraced by time dissolve
back to the essence from which they arose
to wander in an animate world
Eternally between times
Coastal spirit
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Solar raven
Totem spirit
Symbol of sunlight
In a world of shadow
Soaring high
Spirit fly
Soul of cedar and moonlight
I look to you
Eyes of blue
The cycle of the ages will begin anew
You flew with Icarus when the world was young
Watched him fall as you strove for the sun
Sat with Woden in the halls of gold
The secrets of men and gods to him you told
You watched the wolf tear those gods from their thrones
Fluttered through the desert as the Christ was born
Even he fell away in due time
You wondered who or what might be next in line
But men don’t look to the sky anymore
Their eyes cast down, locked behind closed doors
But deep in your forest of cedar and fir
Sometimes you remind them of how things once were
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Fisherman's Son
04:37
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I’m a fisherman’s son got fisherman’s ways
I fished with my father in my young days
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman’s trade
Just to pass to my son so he’ll do the same
The sea is my lifeline, the shore is my home
I’ve been to your cities, I didn’t stay long
I stared at the bright lights, the dark city lanes
I tell ya, that’s not for me, no I didn’t stay
Some days are rough, so we roll with the waves
This living is tough, and slack is the pay
But we wake at the sunrise, and leave at the dawn
Singing the fisherman’s song
I’m a fisherman’s son, got fisherman’s blood
Haul in the lobster and jiggin’ the cod
And if you don’t like me then leave me alone
And I’ll keep on singing this fisherman’s song
I’m a fisherman’s son, got fisherman’s ways
I fished with my father in my young days
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman’s trade
Just to pass to my son so he’ll do the same
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Chinook
05:27
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Instrumental
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Coastal Spirits
06:18
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Coastal spirits
Wandering North and South
Our people’s songs of old
Once echoed from our mouths
To the East and West
is nothing but the sea
This tiny spit of land
Once held our destiny
Across the Great Divide
Through storm breaks, flow, and tide
May a solemn voice arise
That we were once alive
Salmon, salt, and cedar
My blood, my bones, my flesh
We hurtled down the rapids
Headlong towards our death
And now we feed the Earth
Our souls are far from home
Ever our lot to wander
Our mournful doom to roam
Across the Great Divide
Through storm breaks, flow, and tide
May a sober song arise
That we were once alive
Our memory’s still alive
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"O Thou who bringest the Dawn;
Who renewest the day without ceasing;
Who’s splendour is the Brightness of the Morning;
Fountain of Life and Source of Light Eternal,
Increase in us Thy Knowledge and Thy Strength.
Thou Who shinest in the East,
Who showest the West Thy glory,
And art supreme in the high heaven;
Thou fillest Thy Houses with Light,
And Thy Mansions with hidden Power.
Thou sustainest the Seven Lords,
The Shining Ones Who keep Thy Path,
And we, who serve Thee through Their Ray,
O Light ineffable.
Increase in us Thy Wisdom and Thy Power,
Dwell Thou in us, as we are One in Thee."
THIS IS THE AGE OF AQUARIUS
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Eurythmy
05:31
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When Ahriman shattered the light of all creation
He ripped you from my arms
Though Odin gave his eye for the wisdom of the world
He couldn’t stop the Twilight of the Gods
Spinning around the stars inside our hearts
My eyes locked to yours, and yours in mine
We speak in a language without words
Your eyes say much more than your lips ever could
Mithras bears a torch to light our darkened path
A Golden child and a golden calf
I journey to the Underworld this deed to do
Reclaim the lost parts of myself and do the same for you
Spinning through the threads of all our lives
Blues eyes locked to mine
Across the great divide I cast myself
I’ll see you in my dreams again, if nothing else
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Holding On
06:36
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Winter’s grip has gone from this land
But it’s not gone from my heart
Broken bones and broken hearts
All we have to show
Some kind of Fimbulwinter’s curse
Cast on all our lives
This is how we come into this world
Is this how we’ll die?
But we’re holding on
Holding on
Holding onto a candle
“O, protect us from the dark!”
with a tiny hope a flame can be kindled
From this ember’s spark
When I kissed you the last time
Sure that it would end
I was holding onto hope
To feel something true again
This winter is a lover
O, a lover spurning our heart
Holding on to the hope
We’ll not forever be apart
We are holding on
Holding on
We leave this world screaming
Screaming to the abyss
What was all the struggle and pain for?
Was there just some point we missed?
Why are we holding so tightly
To the things we know won’t last?
Clinging to the future
And looking to the past
We are holding on
Holding on
Holding on
Holding on
Holding on...
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Coastal (reprise)
02:33
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Instrumental
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Crooked Mouth Vilnius, Lithuania
Founded by Ian Campbell in western Canada in 2012, CROOKED MOUTH has developed their own style of post-industrial folk music, blending influences from the original neofolk wave , with the obscurities of 60/70s acid folk, archaic folklore groups, post-punk music, and the contemporary underground. ... more
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