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Holding Fast

by Clarity

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1.
Seeds 03:25
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I heard the story so I tried it I planted seeds against the sunset My friends and family didn’t buy it But I was never good at listening It happened like the story told me Some withered up, some failed to thrive Some had no root and burned to ashes Some beat the odds and came alive Open my eyes / Holy fire, holy fire Love who breathed clay into life / My desire is for my lover Open my eyes / Heart of fire, heart of fire Let your Spirit run wild over all the earth / I can taste your fire I told the story to my best friend She told the story to her babies When I am old and grey and forget Her babies’ babies will remember What further miracles await us What nighttime blossoms yet to bloom I have a life to be creative Imagine birth without a limit You are not like me / Heart of fire, heart of fire You fill me up with seeds / My desire is for my lover None are sown in fear / Heart of fire, heart of fire Let your Spirit run wild over all the earth / I can taste your fire Love arise, oh, love arise Oh, love arise, oh love arise
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Maybe 04:09
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Ochre sun, looking down On a world rendered wild, where the fires collide What’s your hurry, come sit by my side Take your time while we wonder why Here inside the hornet’s hive we hide Bloody moon, it’s too soon Or at least that’s what I should be saying to you ‘Cause I saw you in a holy book And the truth ran my heart right through Sucked my bones dry like a cruel simoom Maybe there’s a side of God we’ll never see with human eyes Maybe we’re not meant to know (Hagged im yadata binah) Maybe there’s a world where we are all just bubbles in an ocean Who are we to tell you no Tardigrade, I’m afraid That it’s you who will save, while my people decay Why should we believe that we’re the ones Who own the sun, bear the holy crown What if it was you all along Maybe there’s a way of love we cannot know with human hearts Maybe we are held and known (Hagged im yadata binah) Maybe there’s a heart that knits up shining souls and broken bones Who are we to tell you so Maybe there’s a side of God we’ll never see with human eyes Maybe we’re not meant to know (Hagged im yadata binah) Maybe there’s a world where we are all just bubbles in an ocean Who are we to tell you no Are we meant to know, are we meant to know You who made the earth and sky, may I have this dance tonight You who made the earth and sky, may I have this dance tonight
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Heartwood 07:30
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I woke up in the evening Stars were coming out I looked in the mirror Oh, God, the things I saw My body was glowing Just like a firefly And deep in that holy dark I saw the red of my sky There was smoke in my nose, cinders in my throat And I felt you moving inside ‘Cause there’s a wood in my heart You set it aflame September and my branches were dry Smoke rises up, but I know you love me ‘Cause I can feel your song in my bones And I hear the crackling The trees falling down The branches so black against the burning sky They were already bare ‘Cause these woods never lived in me No, these trees never breathed They were just my doubts and my worries There’s nothing living here to flee ‘Cause though these woods were so deep I wandered them in sleep There was nothing left in them for me ‘Cause every forest is purged Every tree feels the fire So the rings can tell its story through time Smoke rises up so a forest can love The page is cleared so she can rewrite Oh, heartwood, yeah, heartwood And I saw you there standing You were feeding the fire And the fire painted you red and gold Oh, I saw you perspire Oh, your cheeks dark and ruddy Oh, your body so thin But your strength and your glory Drinking all the light in I saw you beneath my ribs saying, “Child, gotta clear this all out” And you looked up at me, my love I said “Could you help me to breathe” When the ashes were gone You were standing there alone You threw your arms wide to me Said “There was a wood in your heart I set it aflame, September, girl, your branches were dry Smoke rises up, but you know that I love you ‘Cause I have written my song in your bones There was a wood in my heart You set it aflame From my bed I heard you calling in the night Smoke rises up, but I know that you love me ‘Cause I can feel your heat in my bones I can feel you fire in my bones Oh, heartwood, yeah, heartwood Hallelujah, heartwood, amen
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Starsail 04:55
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Two or three have come up to sail Love our Pilot to take the wheel Can you feel the heat, can you feel the beat Can you feel the sweet call, a gorgeous pain We’re here together, have no fear The millions stretch back through the years A star burns out but its light still carries on The story never ends ‘Cause the wind is high in my hair tonight ‘Cause I won’t be fooled by St. Elmo’s fire ‘Cause I won’t accept a second guess All I have to give is one precious life, one wild precious life So take a dive deep into the sea Love our Anchor to baptize me Can you feel the grave, can you see the clay Oh your body of earth emits a beam The sea explodes and your chains are gone The millions rise to cry their song A stone rolls back in the morning, carry on The story begins again ‘Cause the wind is high in my hair tonight ‘Cause I won’t be fooled by St. Elmo’s fire ‘Cause I won’t accept a second guess All I have to give is one precious life ‘Cause the fire is wild in my heart tonight ‘Cause to sell my all is to save my life ‘Cause the second guess still remains and yet I believe in love, and I yearn for light ‘Cause your sparks run wild all across my sight ‘Cause to lose my all is to gain new life ‘Cause I’m ready now, I can let you in All I have to give is one precious life ‘Cause the fire is wild in my heart tonight ‘Cause to lose my all is to gain new life ‘Cause I’m ready now, I can let you in All I have to give is one precious life, one wild precious life One wild precious life, one wild precious life
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Love Abides 03:54
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I’ve come to understand what serving you demands Is there no shelter here? Is everything made clear? I’m tired, I’m frightened, on fire, un-lightened I’m weary, I’m eating bread baked with tears, tears But love abides, I don’t know why, I don’t know why Oh love abides, and won’t deny the apple of her eye You’ve brought me to this place, longing for your embrace I would give you my heart, I choose the better part But I’m tired, I falter, I am a false daughter I’m weary, I’m drinking wine pressed in fear, fear But love abides, I don’t know why, I don’t know why Oh love abides, and won’t deny the apple of his eye I am my love’s, oh And my love is mine, mine Love abides, I don’t know why, I don’t know why Oh love abides, and won’t deny the apple of his Love abides, I don’t know why, I don’t know why Oh love abides, and won’t deny the apple of her eye
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Photine 04:28
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Here it comes Like a Roman legion making its descent There’s no way to prepare, I try to fake it but I can’t Well, I guess that an angel never could be told to wait And I know somehow what I see is so much greater I never thought that it could be like this High noon, blue sky, a well, a girl, a boy I never knew that it could be like this The well is deep but my throat has gone so dry Who are you, and who I am again? Who are you, and who I am again? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I, hey yeah I’ve cried a thousand rivers, and let the rain come in I beat my breast and hid myself, denied my every drop of pain And now you say you see me, and somehow you know everything Fill me up with living water, let me take a new name Here it comes Like a bolt of lightning from a crystal sky All I know has been dashed like clay against that cheerful smile Other men, other gods could never bear this searing weight And I know a holy wind blows through his words, it feels amazing I never thought that it could be like this Sychar, blue sky, a well, a Galilean I never knew that it could be like this The fear is gone and I’m drunk on the wine of freedom Who are you, and who I am again? Who are you, and who I am again? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I, hey yeah I’ve cried an endless ocean, and let the water swallow me I beat my breast and hid myself, and tried my best to stay unseen And now you say you see me, through the thousand bricks I’ve laid Fill me up with living water, let my tongue be a flame
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Happy Cataclysm 04:34
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Just as I came upon land’s end Something so strange happened Everything stopped in my head All of my thoughts fell dead Sweet minnows cut through my heart Flickering over, under, start the spark The static electricity in me High voltage fantasy I feel your pulse in all But I’m just me, and I am so small This elevator starts to fall in my head, in my head Oh, and your current runs in me And you are so much more than real Rivulets turn to gold and your depths are cold in a desolate vapour But it’s such a happy cataclysm I left the world to its sleeping I stole away to your riverbank Oh I exploded so sweetly All of my fear laid waste Sweet little fish in my heart Flickering over, under, start the spark The static electricity in me High voltage fantasy I feel your pulse in all But I’m just me, and I am so small This elevator starts to fall in my head, in my head Oh, and your current runs in me And you are so much more than real Rivulets turn to gold and your depths are cold in a desolate vapour But it’s such a happy cataclysm I need a place to hide From your brilliance I need a place to hide Before you find my weaknesses Scared to let you inside ‘Cause you’re too brilliant But you have come inside And you always knew my weaknesses I feel your pulse in all But I’m just me, and I am so small This elevator starts to fall in my head, in my head Oh, and your current runs in me And you are so much more than real Rivulets turn to gold and your depths are cold in a desolate vapour But it’s such a happy, such a happy In my head, in my head Oh, and your current runs in me And you are so much more than real Rivulets turn to gold and your depths are cold in an Exodus vapour But you’re such a happy cataclysm
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Glory 03:53
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When I was a child, I thought I understood The Exodus joy, and creation made new How strange in that moment, while still close to you How easy it was, and how little I knew But now I’m a man, and I’m tired of war But now I’m a woman, sick of fighting for more You seem far away, but your mercy feels near So reckless I stand, and in spite of my fear I cry glory, glory in the highest heaven Glory, glory in the lowest depths Sing glory, glory to the One who frees us Glory, glory to God I’ve been to the top, and I’ve struggled for breath I’ve been to the bottom in the shadow of death And I’ve been to the desert and I’ve fainted from heat And I’ve been to the valley in the rain and the green But now I’m in power, and I’m tired of strength But now I’m oppressed and I’m sick of these chains And I’ve crawled from the wreckage of who I have been To stand in the shade of apostolic pine trees And cry glory, glory in the highest heaven Glory, glory in the lowest depths Sing glory, glory to the One who frees us Glory, glory to God And now I’m a child, tired of not being heard And now I’m an elder sick of eating my words And what can we do when there’s nothing to be done If we got nothing to lose, let’s just believe love has won And cry glory, glory in the highest heaven Glory, glory in the lowest depths Sing glory, glory to the One who frees us Glory, glory to God
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Pange Lingua 04:18
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Mary stands a'weeping 03:29
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mary stands a'weeping in a garden so green mary stands a'weeping in a garden so green what ails you, o sister, oh why do you weep? what ails you, o sister, oh why do you weep? "well once i had a teacher but now i have none "well once i had a teacher but now i have none he's gone for they've killed him, in a cold tomb they've laid him he's gone and he's left me in sorrow to mourn." oh mary, oh mary, oh, whom do you seek? oh mary, oh mary, oh, whom do you seek? oh weeping you've spent the night but here at daybreak oh here in the gloaming, awake, love, awake "rabbouni, rabbouni, oh, where have you been? "rabbouni, rabbouni, oh, where have you been? rabbouni, rabbouni, you've risen again you've risen in glory, the broken to mend!" mary stands a'singing in a garden so green oh, mary stands a'singing in a garden so green a'singing and dancing with joy and with gladness "i have seen the lord! oh, love lives again!"

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released April 1, 2018

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Clarity Vancouver, British Columbia

Clarity is Vancouver's original punk Celtic harpist. Beginning as a traditional musician in teahouses and churches, Clarity returned from a year in Norwich, UK having broken new ground with the rock band Crosshair, branching out to heavy metal, punk, Goth, and their own introspective, spiritual compositions. ... more

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