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birds are murmuring
he was always one of us
entering the garden
flowers face the son
whispering of sky
tears return to jewels
the light within his eyes
fade but never die
his chair is empty now
at the backroom door
intimate the silence
echos from before
the light within his eyes
fade but never die
birds are murmuring
he was always one of us
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little sparrow
06:19
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from what is sung
the world becomes
let it whisper
light to tongues
i know your eyes
saint's disguise
little sparrow
traverse the skies
psalm of shadow
shine tomorrow
ascending cloud
amend the sorrow
from what we know
seeds will sow
fields of green
love to grow
i hear your hum
heart is a drum
if rain were words
flood has begun
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ascending
04:29
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where the river meets the mountain
wedded in descending
bring the night and the beginning
rush of wings ascending
arc of flight
curve of earth
the sum of all
an ending
drawing down
into the garden
turning and return
to fallow fields
here heart belongs
at evensong
the shadow yields
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flame
04:33
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hey, don't let the shadows merge
and steal away your sight
take the sound from heaven's hymn
the hum of wings in flight
see all again return in birth
shafts of sun the new attire
learn the murmur of the earth
and the whispering of fire
i give to you this little flame
borrowed from my broken heart
this is who and what we are
remnants of a distant star
i offer you this little light
reflected in a single eye
the silence is a last reply
fragment from an ancient sky
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hymn
04:54
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sky seduces shadow
merging with the night
eventide will acquiesce
slipping out of sight
remembering the laughter
and a single tear
gossamer the tapestry
soon to disappear
names of the forgotten
scarred into the stones
candle in the ossuary
refuge made of bones
a million fires burn
to mark the arc of time
only ashes will remain
to stain the dreamer's mind
a thousand words return
echoes from the past
the humming of the world
language of the vast
birdsong hymn
rosary of wings
feathered prayer
dragonfly sings
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brother
can you hear me
are you so far away
are you listening
whispered song of praise
were you baptized
with a thousand tears
brother
can you touch it
and know that it is near
can you feel the wind
it's right here
wings will sweep the ground
the place where you will lie
stars above your head
diamonds in your eyes
brother
can you hear me
are you so far away
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garden
04:54
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one foot in the ocean
blue alma mater
one foot on the ground
wing touches water
tracing the movement
song in the air
at the very beginning
breath is a prayer
rain is the weeping
the story of clouds
night is the grieving
stars for a shroud
garden of shadows
forest of light
wedding of moments
the groom and the bride
the root of the arbor
a whispered reply
the canopy reaching
caressing the sky
deep in the darkness
emerging from earth
a lattice of branches
poet of birth
dreaming the seas
ancestral home
singing of suns
still in our bones
ghosts in the garden
phantoms that shine
these are the ancients
that sleep in the shrine
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trace
05:04
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watch the swallows fall to earth
redeemed by wind and wing
see them swimming in the light
hear the days are born to sing
night will bring a thousand suns
so far away the diamonds fade
stretched across the many years
dewdrops on a mountain glade
this is what it is
paradise was never lost
this is what is known
asleep beneath the winter frost
map the teardrops in the oceans
collecting all the shattered hearts
trace the remnants of the hour
spirits whispered hymn departs
this is what it is
paradise was never lost
this is what is known
asleep beneath the winter frost
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dream
04:49
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departed here without permission
needing no one asking none
left behind the gift of silence
in the songs that were sung
heard the frequencies of flowers
the wavelengths of the stars
traced the paths of those with wings
lightning bugs in childhood jars
he said
it's ok
everything is alright
it's ok
everything is alright...
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tone drop is textural electronics, electro-acoustic composition, and song forms by g.e. stinson.
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