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The Well
05:25
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We’re people of the sea
and we’ve got a lot to learn
May we take it from the ground
look around, see what we’ve found
May we take it from the land
then give it back
hold out your hands
Oh the quiet immaculate ones
concealed in their cloaks of green
drawing light from above and below
nourishing everyone you’ll ever know
May we take it from the Sun
giving life to everyone
May we take it from the Sun
giving life to all of us
And the circle goes
around, around, around
May we drink up from The Well
restore integrity to every single cell
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2. |
Hold The Door
04:00
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I find
the more I try
the less I find
what lives inside
May I lay down in your creek
lay down all that weighs me down
soften this body
like the sand to catch the sea
The best way to receive
is relax, release
the river made of water
the same blood inside of me
spiralling through my porous bones
I’m made of liquid, made of stone
and these mountains are my home
I’ll keep growing until I’m all gone
Hold the door open for me,
hold me,
open the door
All roads lead to the same source
the plants will take us home
may the roots take you under
may the flowers show you how to bloom
how to bloom open
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3. |
Manzanita
02:31
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You shed your skin
and your sweetness pulls me in
Silken limbs around my waist
welcome to this tender place
your sweetness washing over me
mesmerizing little tree
You shed your skin
and your sweetness pulls me in
You scatter branches on the ground
to show us how you’ve been around
You’re a deer by day and a snake by night
watch you transform in the pure moonlight
You shed your skin
and your sweetness pulls me in
Gotta keep you in my arms
Manzanita, you’re so charming
won’t you stay
stay with me
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4. |
Sanguine
04:42
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Oh holy oak,
Sanguine as the marrow that flows
through my ancient bones
the stones that hold me make me whole
Make me a bed to lay this busy head
Fallen leaves, so comforting
Fallen leaves, so temporary
Pipsissewa, show me how to grow,
roots woven together
all the seeds you sow
Pipsissewa, show me how to grow,
roots woven together
Oh, this holy home
Oh serpentine dreams,
show me what this all means
I am here and I am listening
Please help me to see what I need to see
May my skin unfurl and turn to red
so I can shed and begin again
Oh Dogwood, show me what you know of
interdependence
Pieces of one soul
Oh Dogwood, show me what you know of
independence
the way you hold your own
Ancient eyes of a child
Your heart runs wild
I will dwell in the wilderness of the heart
I will dwell in the wilderness of the mind
I will dwell in the wilderness of the womb
I will dwell in the wilderness of the heart
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5. |
Desert Beauty
04:46
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Desert Beauty
fall like rain
wash away the layers
clearing space
you surround me beauty
like the air
every breath I let inside
I feel you there
And I do solemnly swear
to remain tender and fair
I do solemnly swear
to remain open and clear
Ocean lover,
sometimes the tides will rise
give us space to look deeply inside
and once we’re under
we discover what remains
our foundation holding us
up from this place
It’s a crying phase
let it wash away
a crying phase
let it wash away
Sacred Union
Illuminate the way to my heart’s resting place
Naked Sun
Illuminate the way to my heart’s resting place
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6. |
Tensile Strength
03:29
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Dissolve into me
your water’s so sweet
How far can you reach
Reach up into me
Tensile strength
can’t penetrate
my thick membrane
I am contained
within my own space
I am safe
Muddy water,
I can always breathe under
I’ll lay at the bottom
gaze up at the sun
I can’t be contained and I won’t be tamed
I can’t be contained and I won’t
I can’t be contained and I won’t be tamed
I can’t be contained and I won’t
No, no, no
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7. |
Perfection
04:03
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I know that
we’ve got a long way back
we’ve got a long way home
a long way to go
Coming home,
back to a place we’ve known,
back to the way we’ve been
a thousand times
Perfection is our willingness to refine
Salting all
of these old old wounds
from all the hurt
of all our days
and it’s ok honey
to stay
with your pain
If perfection is our willingness to refine
then I believe we’re all alright
Surrendering to all of the beautiful things….
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8. |
My Heart, Beating Drum
04:49
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Oh, my heart
beating drum
never steady
always changing with the tides
And I want to fall
back in love
with the sky
Oh, in your eyes
I find my way home
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Madelyn Ilana Asheville, North Carolina
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Madelyn Ilana composes music inspired by Nature, both inner and outer. Often dwelling in
liminal space, she calls her music “dream folk”. Madelyn is both a musician and a practitioner of the healing arts. knowing that both of these paths are branches from the same root.
www.madelynilana.com
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