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Sweet Flowers and Damp Grave

from The Night Birds Psalm by Stone Breath

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lyrics

Shrouds and dreams are slippery things
That cover lidded eyes
And hint of those that walk unseen
Beneath the starless skies.
Like candle smoke upon the breeze,
Or twisting through the halls,
An autumn leaf so silently is dancing as it falls.
Some bell that rings so far away,
Echoing o'er the hills.
A hollow tree with leafless branch
That in the wind doth sway.

Look there! Look there! The shadows move:
Some secret shade
From waking sight removed.
Listen! Listen! It speaks! It Talks!
A whisper; a moan;
It sings out as it walks.

Hold close! Hold close!
Your cloak draw tight;
The air, it turns, and chills the dark, dark night.
Breathe in, breathe in,
The night has made
A lingering smell:
Sweet flowers and damp grave.

Petals fall upon the earth
And vines wind 'round the stones.
The gras that grew, so suddenly
Is covered by white snow.
A voice like leaves,
Dry and cracked,
Floats upon the breeze,
And drifts against the graveyard wall
Crying for release.

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from The Night Birds Psalm, released October 31, 2012

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Stone Breath is not new. It is cracked. Broken. Imperfect. Hidden. Weathered by the seasons.

We sing of ghosts and of forgotten paths through forest and fallow field.

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