1. |
Coming Into the Light
04:15
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Your hands look like my
father’s hands
spin me around
make me a bowl of clay
then empty me out
of all the stories in my brain
they’re weighing me down
and they’re not real
anyway
I’m coming home
coming into the light
greeting all my beasts
before coming inside
I welcome all parts of you
like guests in the night
maybe they’ll clear us out
for some new delight
I bow beneath the
tree of gold
surrounded by stone
like your earthen hands
holding me close
remind me how to worship
whisper
“it’s alright to cry”
the bubbling spring
says to listen
we must learn
to be quiet
Coming home
coming into the light
greeting all my beasts
before coming inside
I welcome all parts of you
like guests in the night
maybe they’ll clear us out
for some new delight
I love when you told me
the way that you love me
I move so slowly
I can hear you speak
Silently
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2. |
Weary Starseed
04:09
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Weary Starseed,
where are you broken?
your heart open,
your eyes holding in tears
Weary Starseed,
skin like a blanket
bones only borrowed
return them tomorrow
I feel a sense of urgency
we must proceed
very slowly
I think you’re an angel in disguise
peering through Aventurine eyes
Weary Starseed,
where are you broken?
your heart open
your eyes holding in tears
Weary Starseed
don’t let the darkness
take you over
take you under siege
I think you’re an angel in disguise
peering through Aventurine eyes
I feel a sense of urgency
we must proceed
very slowly
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3. |
Death Valley
05:09
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I must go
into the unknown
feels like no place I know
The steward on the flight asks me
if I’m old enough to fly
I’ve been rising at Sunrise
Your message:
Things might be hard at first
Just trust
your instincts,
Seems like the Universe
has been waiting for you to wake up
Pay attention
Take care of yourself
Take care of yourself
I carry the crystal skull
deep in my pocket
to hold when I feel small
Golden Canyon
take me in
to your satin body
wrap me in silence
Your message:
Things might be hard at first
Just trust
your instincts,
Seems like the Universe
has been waiting for you to wake up
Pay attention
Take care of yourself
Take care of yourself
There’s a sound I’ve heard only here
so soft, and still so clear
it’s the sound that the Sun makes
bouncing off valleys
of ancient sandstone
primordial memory
You help me to see who I am
my love,
my teacher,
my friend
I think true love
is when we’re high enough
that we don’t pull the other down
I’ve been making space
deep inside my bones
for this newfound ground
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4. |
Everything Changes
04:58
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Last night
I leapt
over the fire
and dreamt I met you there
in a gesture of
arrival
into a love more fair
And you told me
I want to know
all of you
the parts you’re afraid to show
all your shapes
your colors
your shadows
why don’t you
let it all go
And the leaves
are falling today
like golden sheets of rain
dancing in the sun’s rays
and they say:
Everything Changes
I want to love
all of you
the parts you’re afraid to show
all your shapes
your judgments
your shadows
why don’t you
let it all go
The thread that connects our hearts,
it’s so tender, it’s so strong
I surrender,
I freefall
I surrender,
I freefall
I surrender,
I freefall
I surrender,
I freefall
I surrender,
I freefall
I surrender
I free
fall
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5. |
Honey Wine
03:38
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Pour me the last drop
of your sweet Honey Wine
and tell me soon I’ll be married
I know the union’s only inside
I’m here alone in my green house
enshrouded in the White Pines
Hominy Valley
I face North every morning toward you
And you tell me that I think too much
you can read it on my face
I don’t mind I close my eyes
Is there another way?
Well they say I should cut the ties
but that’s the last thing that I would do
instead I’ll build us a holy shrine
and pour my heart out with gratitude for you
I summon back all the parts of me
waiting there at your door
now they’re all our memories
not here anymore yet never really gone
And you tell me that I fear too much
you can read it on my face
I don’t mind I close my eyes
Is there another way?
You are grace enveloped in light
oh dear beloved you are my guide
You’re the pain
and the cure
Oh, release me
Release me
Yet keep my heart by your Side
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6. |
Here to Stay
04:19
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Well it’s been a few weeks since I’ve been here
and it’s been a few hundred billion years
since the dawn of the very first star
dawn of the first
Remember?
Well you say when you love something
you’ve got to give yourself
give yourself to it
Stay devoted to life’s eternal unfolding
all the seeds you sow will grow
by the grease of your elbows
milk and honey overflows
And I love how I can’t tell if you’re enlightened or insane
I watch shadows dance across your face
I know I’ve always loved you all my endless numbered days
and I think it’s safe for me to say
that I’m here
I’m here
I’m Here To Stay
Well you say it’s your first time on Earth
but I wonder if you’re sure
cuz I know I’ve known you
so many times before
Shift shapes before my eyes
come closer crawl inside
shift shapes before my eyes
come closer crawl inside
shift shapes before my eyes
come closer
I’ll let you in
And I love how I can’t tell if you’re enlightened or insane
I watch shadows dance across your face
I know I’ve always loved you all my endless numbered days
and I think it’s safe for me to say
that I’m here
I’m here
I’m Here To Stay
I want to grow a garden
for me to play guitar in
and you can draw down heaven
there’ll be angels all around us
turning in
to
flowers
And I love how I can’t tell if you’re enlightened or insane
I watch shadows dance across your face
I know I’ve always loved you all my endless numbered days
and I think it’s safe for me to say
that I’m here
I’m here
I’m Here To Stay
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There’s a whisper
in the silence
all the words we never say
and the truth underneath the violence
is all our buried pain
We work so hard to hide
why not just say
what’s really on
your mind
There’s resilience
in the fire
and we’re walking toward the flames
We practice candle gazing
from deep within our cave
Summer sun please fill my eyes
with all of the light I need
to purify
this dark night
I’m looking close
I long to see
oh please remove me
Remove me
Remove me
I’m asking the difference
between Looking and Seeing
What’s the difference between
Longing and Needing
What’s the difference between
Loving and Feeling
What’s the difference between
Listening and Hearing
I’m swollen with the moonlight
and the Ache that wakes me up
I praise the beauty and the pain
I’ll say when I’ve had
Enough
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8. |
Alison
05:53
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I waken in the dark
to your pounding heart
I lie here by your side
your light so bright
I can’t sleep
When you look into my eyes
water starts to rise
up from the base of my spine
Wash me clean of all the lies
all the lies
And if I cry like Mary Magdalene
it’s cause nothing lasts forever
this body is not mine
and Yours
in the Sunlight
Bathing in Silence
Boundless in Time
Alison
Clear light of truth
I’m waking up to all of you
Your form like sand pours through my hands
Love is golden healing where I’m broken
Broken open
And if I cry like Mary Magdalene
it’s cause I’m overwhelmed with
my feelings for you
May my heart
be a window
opening
to heal and to soothe
Alison
Clear light of truth
I’m waking up to all of you
Your form like sand pours through my hands
Love is golden healing where I’m broken
Broken open
May all of these moments
become music
oh the simple is most profound
only those who have danced with dissolving
can venture this far down
and there are miracles
in the liminal space in between
when we’re here it’s just you and me and everything
Alison
Clear light of truth
I’m waking up to all of you
Your form like sand falls through my hands
Love is golden healing where I’m broken
Broken open
And if I cry like Mary Magdalene
it’s cause nothing lasts forever
this body is not mine
and Yours in the Sunlight
Bathing in silence
Boundless in time
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9. |
Love Dogs
05:29
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I still know the lights
inside your house
like no time has gone by
it’s all a dream to me now
You ask why I’m so attached
to the tragedy of life
it may not come to pass
yet we can watch it all go by
like weather inside
I drink you in like wine
those dark nights with you
by the fire
and there are
love dogs
no one knows
the names of
I give my life
I bury these seeds
I bury these seeds
I bury these seeds
along
with this longing
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10. |
Treacherous Times
06:30
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Tonight I thank the stars
for my tender human heart
it seems my body knows
so much more than my mind
could ever hold
Maybe all times have been treacherous times
since the dawn of life
there’s been a struggle to survive
and there is something
so flawless in disorder
that’s just the way things are
To be alive
is nothing new
yet sometimes I think
no one’s ever felt the same way that I do
like my skin is crawling
with eyes
I’ll realign my cells from the inside
Maybe all times have been treacherous times
since the dawn of life
there’s been a struggle to survive
and there is something
so flawless in disorder
that’s just the way things are
A spider’s web is stronger than steel
ounce for ounce
she weaves something so real
so crack me open to reveal
the parts of me
that are ready to heal
Maybe all times have been treacherous times
since the dawn of life
there’s been a struggle to survive
and there is something
so flawless in disorder
oh that’s just the way things are
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11. |
Blue Heron
04:26
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In the forest we circle round our food
sharing gratitude
when the youngest among us gets his turn
he doesn’t know what to do
his sister whispers into his ear
“Brother, what are you thankful for and why are you here?
Is it food, is it love, is it family?”
But between you and me,
I know
It’s belonging that we’re all after
connection we’re looking for
well it seems
we all want to be seen
and to see clearly
As for me I’m thankful for the sea
and Blue Heron teaching me
to stand still
and to walk
intentionally
live like I’ve got nowhere else to be
but where I stand
is holy land
What if time is not moving forward
what if there are no straight lines
we’re adding layers
to this papier-mâché life
And what’s the purpose of fear
will it help me to clear
in the face of something real
Well now I’m back in my mountain home
and the Life Root
is just starting to show
buds of mauve
that will bloom into gold
What kind of mysteries
do we all hold?
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12. |
Spirit
03:20
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Spirit
You’re taking me down
I’m on my knees
my head to the ground
Spirit
Is there any way out
my hand on the door
I know what I’m longing for
It would feel
like stepping
out in the rain
like the deep deep quiet
of drifting through space
Spirit
Why’d you make me of flesh
did I consent
to this endless life and death
Spirit
Is there any way out
my hand on the door
I know what I’m longing for
It would feel
like stepping
out in the rain
like the deep deep quiet
of drifting through space
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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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