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July
04:52
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The birds you've painted fly the sky tonight
Bright gliding golden clouds kissing night
Light filled for your eyes tonight
Light filled for July
Pure liquid gold they swim the skies tonight
Great silver bird you're flying all the time
Too much for July
Too much for July
But beautiful you are
I could watch you forever
And even the birds might agree with me
Leave me to flee with you
From time to time
The birds you've drawn are full of lonely hearts
Their eyes are fixed on earth, they're missing parts
Searching for a sign
Lost deep in the sky
Mere wanderers they take the sky tonight
Sweet swallows young have no place to try
Dark shapes in the sky
No room for first flight
But beautiful you are
I could watch you forever
And even the birds might agree with me
Leave me to flee with you
From time to time
Leave me July when your
Paints run dry
At least I'll still have
My July
Sweet island sand time
Direct from the vine
That's how I recall
July
Sun loved hair shine
The blue in Georgia's flower lines
Thank how I still see
July
Leave them dreams
Leave them dreams
for July
Leave me my
July
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2. |
First Light
04:58
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I wake up in the half light
Of the Moonlight
Moonlight or Sunlight
The curtain’s drawn, it doesn’t even matter
Rain runs it rolls to a patter
Sad peeling paint in seas of white cotton
Dive Down through drapes of the forgotten
A little internal bird coos gentle encouragement
And ringing through her song are notes of nourishment
I sit up in the half light of the moonlight
To dream of bird flight
The freedom calls to fly a roadless way
Mystery leads us astray
Deep midnight thoughts of dreamed daylights
The caged calling birds of ruined lives
When moving forward feels just to difficult
Still ringing through her song are notes of nourishment
I dream up in the half light of the first light
Free birds in blue skies
I draw up a song from pictures past
Lilacs that last and last
This peeling paint gives way to roses
Burn clean the old as the nighttime closes
A little internal bird coos gentle encouragement
And ringing through her song are notes of nourishment
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Summer Rain
03:57
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Long rain streams
Falling n the roofs and streets
Falling on your angel wings
And the world is like a dream
No name face
Like a touch of a magic ray
Apparition on the way
In the crowd on a rainy day
And I see the people passing by
Sometimes their umbrellas brushing fine
There’s a mother smiling to her child
The friends are shaking hands to say goodbye
Long rain streams
In the night and in the day
Never stops to rain to rain
And the world is like a dream
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Broken Glass Birds
05:23
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Two piles of stones
And an unstrung necklace
Six perfume bottles
And reminders of where her clothes lay
No symbol for a boy or a girl
The mother and her Child as one
I could still smell her perfume
I could still smell her perfume
And the broken glass birds
Once filled with honey
It’s still so fresh that the scent is hanging in the air
Mixed in with childbirth and despair
In the dark a crown to adorn her golden hair
I can still see it gleaming
I can still see it gleaming
All through these halls
You’ll hear her singing
Her dreams of joy
For the stardust in her arms
Could it be yesterday as it is toady?
Could time have stood so still?
I can still hear her singing
I can still hear her singing
Look back listen
To the signs of my sisters
Hidden deep in the earth
Written deep is their worth
Look back listen, listen shh
To the songs of my sisters
Hidden deep in the earth
Weep weep for their work
Look back listen
To the sounds from my sisters
Written deep in the earth
Hidden deep is their work
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Living Beat
04:51
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Life breathing through the city
Trains rolling through your broken thoughts
Peel back the layers and wonder
Keep climbing stairs you're at the start
Heart beat of the city
Pulsing fast right through its veins
Believe in the living breathing beat of her ways
Love laughing through this building
Spared of those golden gilded wings
Listen to laughter echo
Live in a room art deco style
Heart beat of the city
Pulsing fast right through its veins
Believe in the living breathing beat of her ways
Map out the road of past times
Lay down your path you're here a while
Fill your head up with numbers
Navigate through this jungle town
Heart beat of the city
Pulsing fast right through its veins
Believe in the living breathing beat of her ways
This is the world you know best
New souls we love this techno nest
Daydream about the blue west
Knowing it's here you'll really rest
Heart beat of the cities
Pulsing fast right through our veins
Believe in the living breathing beat of our ways
You're at the start
You're at the start
You're at the start
You're at the start
Oooooooooohhhooooooooooo
Oooooooooohhhooooooooooo
Life breathing through this city
Trains rolling through your broken thoughts
Peel back the layers and wonder
Keep climbing stairs you're at the start
You're at the start
You're at the start
You're at the start
You're at the start
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6. |
El Zorro
03:51
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Walking home under a moonless night
Holding notes on our lonely road
Wildness frozen through our eyes
Ancient love glows through night skies
Light bears walking
Beauty drifts
Wildness wondering
Paving the way
Walking home under a lightless night
Soft wild thing, can you hear something ring?
Lonely lines like a lost bird sings
Holding eyes as time runs still
Soft steps moving
Gold eyes shining
Waiting to say
Wanting to stay
Walking home under a moonless sky
Troubled souls under city lights
Moving on under a moonless night
Walking home with your eyes burning brightly
Soft beats racing
Beauty moves
Eyes speak brightly
Lighting the way
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7. |
Sweet Youth
06:39
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weet dreams tonight
Eyes full of light
Such fun have I for your sun sight
Stir me please before noon
When the sky’s still sapphire blue
Oh you inhale so as you laugh
Just as my hands choreograph
Don’t say too much you’ll say it all
Don’t say too much you’ll say it all
Soft music made in elegant jade
Perfumed your breath on flower cigarettes
Sweet youth tonight, full of bright light
Fresh air to breath, don’t let me leave
Sea cityscape
Stretched out before
How this night is woven with lore
Stir me please before noon
When the sky’s still sapphire blue
Oh you inhale so as you laugh
Just as my hands choreograph
Don’t give too much, you’ll give it all
Don’t give too much, you’ll give it all
Soft music made in elegant jade
Perfumed your breath on flower cigarettes
Sweet youth tonight, full of bright light
Fresh air to breath, don’t let me leave
Sweet youth tonight
Such a delight
Starry skies have we
Closing our night
Stir me please before noon
When the sky’s still sapphire blue
And when you leave just as before
They’ll take too much they’ll just take mow
Don’t take too much, you’ll take it all
Don’t take too much, you’ll take it all
Soft music made in elegant jade
Perfumed your breath on flower cigarettes
Sweet youth tonight, full of bright light
Fresh air to breath, don’t let me leave
Don’t say too much you’ll say it all
Don’t give too much you’ll give it all
Don’t take too much, you’ll take it all
Don’t say too much you’ll say it all
Don’t give too much you’ll give it all
Don’t take too much, you’ll take it all
Don’t say too much you’ll say it all
Don’t give too much you’ll give it all
Don’t take too much, you’ll take it all
You’ll take it all
You take it all
You’ll take it all
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8. |
Set the Spirit Free
03:54
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I am sure that we are fearful of
The soft and lonely hum of
Eternity
Eternity
Peace, freedom and eternity
Set the spirit free
Give them love to see
Set the spirit free
Give them love to see
Free as a butterfly soaring up to the sky
Free as a butterfly soaring up to the sky high
Let the spirit fly
Let the spirit fly
Let the spirit fly high
Let the spirit fly high
Peace, freedom and eternity
Eternity
I am sure that we are fearful of
The soft and lonely hum of
Eternity
Eternity
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9. |
Alltar
02:27
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Tiocfaidh an Aisling
Beidh an fhirinne i réim
Tiocfaidh an Aisling
Beidh an fhirinne i réim
Are we lost inside a dream
Are we deep inside its seams
But listen softly, listen deeply
Hear us as we mean
Oh the clashing colours no they don’t mean much
Oh the clashing sounds no they don’t say much
As for London for our homes
What of longing for our souls
But hear us singing, watch us moving
Long beyond the drone
Oh the marble buckles
Though you’ve made it walls
Oh the oceans call though you’ve
Claimed them yours
Know we’re high up in the hills
Know we’re deep down in the seas
You’ll know us high, you’ll strike us low
You’ll meet us in your dreams
Tiocfaidh an aisling beidh an fhirinne i réim
Tiocfaidh an aisling, beidh an fhirinne i réim
Tá cúmha ar mo chroí
Tá cúmha ar mo chroí
Cathrin a thitfidh an mothú uaighneas seo?
Oh the cashing colours no they don’t mean much
Tiocfaidh an aisling, beidh an fhirinne i réim
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Liv Monaghan Paris, France
independent Irish vocalist and songwriter based in Paris.
My music pulls threads from Jazz,
Soul, Folk, and Romanticism to create an alternative, sometimes experimental, often poetic and always original sound.
Lover of the left-behind, of old things of letter-notes and half-light ghosts which get stitched, strung or typed back up together to make something new.
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