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From the Woods

by Laura Kelsey

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The willow fell on the well One night while I lay sleeping No storm or wind With a crash, the willow quit weeping Chorus It took me away From my dreams The only place Where I can feel... The willow lay on the well Sleep just wouldn't have me Nor storm or wind Stopped my axe in hand through the tree Willow on the well Cut in pieces where it had stood Saving lichen and moss as I Release the sun trapped in the wood It took me away To the dreams I know there's a place I can see it While the embers Laugh and take flight Sweet smoke lay me down By the willow light For Charles and Marion 2012
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What do you want from me? Get outta my head The things whispered to me Are still being said What do you want from me? Get outta my head Please, honey Don't push me over the edge Chorus: If i might fail...at making a beautiful moment I'm pretty sure I will But I'm pretty sure I won't If the heavens would just hold my hands While they have me by the throat Conquerors, composers, poets and thieves All end up mingling After this death As dust with the leaves Chorus: If i might fail...at making a beautiful moment When it comes the time Will I be strong? Or, with guilt as guide Will life keep dragging on?
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Conjure up The sweetest one Forbidden fruit Are lust and love Come to me Save yourself When the devil steals your soul He keeps your shadow Losses and babies Lovers and ladies Got my attention Eat every word Crosses and babies Lovers and ladies Create a diversion To forget what I heard Take it all You know you can Hissing the hymns Of a promised land Taste the lies Hear what your tongues say The spells we cast Repeating them every day Losses and babies Lovers and ladies Got my attention Eat every word Crosses and babies Lovers and ladies Create a diversion To forget what I heard But... Nothing can do
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i never broke free of winter's freeze 23 days from the first sign of spring the river broke free of winter's freeze left her leash on the dock carved these words with a rock the dog waz me tried hard not to love her kept my distance from others she carried my home kept me from myself she was always restless paced when she could sleep always swam the river where it raced too deep the dog waz me we had to go together there's no way she could stay the animal inside us breaks free one day took the paddle to the water rode our boat away from shore took the rifle and the bullets we don't exist no more

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With a tale of a woodsman whose sleep is interrupted by a falling tree to the ballad of a devastated dog owner, From the Woods brings you four songs inspired by years in a Cariboo cabin. Brought to you by the depths of winter isolation, bitterness and beauty.

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released August 19, 2020

Supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia.

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Laura Kelsey British Columbia

Laura writes and sings.

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