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Broken Glass Birds

by Liv Monaghan

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A blues inspired hymn to women past and present who have been forgotten or written out of history.

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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

credits

released April 19, 2024
Lyrics, Music - Anne Olivia (Liv) Monaghan
Arrangement - Anne Olivia (Liv) Monaghan and Sava Medan

Double Bass - Sava Medan
Guitar - Soheil Tabrizi Zadeh
Vocals - Liv Monaghan


Recorded at Aeronef Studios Paris
Mixed at Realistic Sound Studio Munich

Artwork - Maia Bunge with Photography by Mical Valusek

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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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