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Panagia

by Clarity

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Violet Blue 04:35
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It comes on so smooth, unfolds in shades of blue The moon starts to grow ‘til it snows frosty light on the street I armour my feet in heavy boots And swaddle my body deep in wool Like a baby in a barn And we draw nearer to each other And we spin stories from our hunger And when winter crowds around our windows We light our candles And sing in the key of violet blue The blade in the wind, the unending grey We get reacquainted with water and her many faces We read from Isaiah; how long must we wait? We’re giving up hope that we might see the better angels of our nature And we fall harder in our longing It feels like no new days are dawning But when winter comes to draw us inward We light our candles And sing in the key of violet blue We pray one day that love will come We pray a child will lead us on And when we remember who we are in the endless dark I promise I’ll be reaching for your hand ‘Cause winter draws us to each other Enfolds us deep just like a mother And as earth again draws up her mantle We light our candles And sing in the key of violet blue And as earth again draws up her mantle We light our candles And sing in the key of violet blue And sing in the key of violet blue
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Anima Sola 04:15
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I am a lonely soul and I yearn for your heart Shackled in crimson fire; oh, I raise my arms I’ve walked a thousand miles to feel closer, to be where you are And still I can’t free myself from these chains of iron, from my flesh and bone Oh I am lonely, give me more Give me your heart, give me your soul I am a lonely soul at a holy stone, at an altar of broken bones Wrestling angels to know and be known I’ve walked a thousand miles to come closer to the shadow of my God’s throne And still I can’t free myself from these chains of iron, but I still have hope Oh I am lonely, I want more I want a portion of your soul Falling in love, you make me bold Falling in love, in you I’m known I am a lonely soul and I yearn for your heart Shackled in crimson fire, oh, I raise my arms I’ve sung a thousand songs to my lover, and I could sing more And though I can’t free myself from these chains of iron, I am fully yours I am your lover, I adore I am a bride and I am bold Gather me up and I’ll catch hold I am your bride and I am bold Maybe this fire’s a wedding night Maybe the dark makes hungry brides
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Healing is slow 04:55
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Healing is slow Like nightfall in a northern summer Drops falling ceaseless on stone Like my mother singing “Hush now, let sleep come, Let peace wrap your shoulders in its warmth, Let my body be your cradle And tomorrow will unfold.” But we lie awake With tears and electric shaking bones Aching vessels strung so tight From the trauma and the fear Fall asleep, cuts and bruises heal But how can we know When the heart’s scars scab over, lover? Healing is slow Grieving is slow And slippery, it can’t be grasped Like rain painting veins on my window Like my father humming Braham’s lullabye One evening in the blue of springtime dusk And his presence was a mountain, a wilderness Not fully known And we sit awake Clenched teeth, plastic smiles, and aching bones Breaking spirits strung so tight to seem okay while inside we’re wailing Fall asleep, cuts and bruises heal But how can we know When the heart’s scars scab over, lover? Grieving is slow Believing is slow Like Sisyphus and his fool’s errand Rolling old boulders off our souls Rolling over and over While locked beneath a shard of divinity within Sings into the deep, sings endlessly, Sings like Jonah Sings like Moses And we stand awake To our frailty in these painful quaking bones Androcentric solitude strung tight in a swirling cosmos, slaves to our fear Fall asleep, cuts and bruises heal but How can we know When the heart’s scars scab over, lover? Believing is slow So can we hold each other? Can we hold each other? ‘Cause healing is slow
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Love will come 04:24
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Here where the wind shapes the sand Here where the sky has endless depth Here across a starry cold expanse Here to my father Abraham Love will come Love will call up the fire Love will lay siege to fear Love will be a thief Steal through the cracks in the walls of your soul Love will call boldly Love will come Here where the ocean meets the land Here where the people make their stand Here across a boiling blue expanse Here to Brother Moses and his staff Love will come Love will call up the fire Love will lay siege to fear Love will be a thief Steal through the cracks in the walls of my soul Love will call boldly Love will come Love will come Love will come Love will come Love will call up the fire Love will lay siege to pride Love will be a lion Love will come Love will call up the fire Love will lay siege to fear Love will be a thief Steal through the cracks in the walls of my soul Love will call boldly Love will come Here where the hills hug the valley Here by an ordinary byway Here across a hollow green expanse Here among the angels and the animals Love will come Love will come Love will come Love will come
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Beneath my ribs 05:11
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Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies Come sit here beside me; the ashes of night Enfold every tendril, enshroud every vine Of my faith and my fortune, the wailing inside Sometimes I don’t know if I’m coming or going The sunset’s a heartbeat, hypnotic and lulling A lullabye midnight is calling, it’s calling To turn that lacuna between every finger Examine, reflect, and prepare for the entrance Of orphanhood and what’s beyond This is my song But I try not to carry it on my lips I smile but that dark river lives, oh This is where my sorrow lives Beneath my ribs, beneath my ribs This is where my sorrow lives Beneath my ribs, beneath my ribs If we were a tree then our leaves would be blushing How long will this autumn hang onto our flesh The cruelty of urgency, hurricanes parting The earth from the roots, now it’s open and naked Sometimes I don’t know if I’m sinking or swimming The sunset’s a fever, the heat and the itching My skin crossed with keloids, wide open and bloody I’ll close off my soul and it would be so easy Accepting the dark when it claws at the membrane I pray for it to turn to stone This is my song But I try not to carry it in my eyes I smile but that dark valley sighs Oh This is where my sorrow lives Beneath my ribs, beneath my ribs This is where my sorrow lives Beneath my ribs, beneath my ribs Sometimes I don’t know if there’s even an answer I cry Alleluia but it seems like a spectre The sky is so high but the earth is much heavier and I fix my gaze on the stars but the distance Is farther than my heart can go This is my song But I try not to carry it in my mouth I smile but that river’s so loud Oh This is where my sorrow lives Beneath my ribs, beneath my ribs This is where my sorrow lives Beneath my ribs, beneath my ribs
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The Wexford Carol 02:36
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O Come All Ye Faithful 04:35
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released December 27, 2019

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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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