The Shepherdess of the Fiery Wheels

from The Shepherdess and the Bone-White Bird by Stone Breath

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lyrics

O the rain is falling down
Upon the ground from up on high
And the fire is leaping up
To form a wheel upon the sky.
The thunder rolls an endless prayer.
Lightning cracks the midnight air.

O the wheel spins all around
Encircling the feathered wings.
And the chants twist all around.
And the holy storm still sings.
The thunder rolls an endless prayer.
Lightning cracks the midnight air.

See four faces on every head:
Oxen, eagle, lion, and man.
Cloaked they are by folded wings
And lifted up by folded hands.
The thunder rolls an endless prayer.
Lightning cracks the midnight air.

The hand makes the mark.
The eye sees the sign.
Faces search the sky
For the wheel that sets the time.
O, see them burn!
The fire is filled with eyes!

O the angels sing.
And the people sigh.
And the lions roar.
And the eagles cry.
O, see them burn!
The fire is filled with eyes!

O the wheels spin, spark, and blaze
While I sit shivering in fear
With Her name upon my tongue
And strange sounds within my ear.
The thunder rolls an endless prayer.
Lightning cracks the midnight air.

The light congeals, the flower blooms.
Grace blossoms upon the sky.
The wheel dissolves into a form:
A blessing greets my tired eyes.
The thunder rolls an endless prayer.
Lightning cracks the midnight air.

The Shepherdess is silent shape
Draws leaves from the old dry branch -
And draws the fear from my chest -
And leaves her name upon my breath.
The thunder rolls an endless prayer.
Hail Mary of the midnight air!

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from The Shepherdess and the Bone-White Bird, released October 31, 2009

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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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