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Margaret McLarty - Brigid's Birds

from The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers by Abbey of the Arts

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(St. Brigid of Kildare)

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Brigid’s birds mark my way
darting arrows in the sky
and the North Wind,
she dances with them
giving wings to their cry.

And I could be a monk
alone on this white strand.
I see those who’ll come after me
and I’m waiting for them to land.

And the stars shine bright
as the fire burns low.
How can we ever go back
to what we used to know?

The history of galaxies
unraveling in the night
will the land hold our memory
like the sky holds light and life.

If your blood is in the ocean
and my tears are in the sea
then our story’s in the water
could it hold eternity?

And the stars shine bright
as the fire burns low.
How can we ever go back
to what we used to know?

Fire burns cold.
It’s the fields that are full of gold.
They were a casket for
his body, for his soul

And you say,
“Don’t be afraid.”
And you say,
“Well, we’re all leaving anyway.”
And you say,
“New life comes at the end.”
Well, this is the end.

Brigid’s birds mark my way…

And the stars shine bright
as the fire burns low.
We’ll never come this way again
that much I know.

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from The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers, released March 2, 2018
by Margaret McClarty © 2017 Square Inch Records
www.margaretmclarty.com

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Abbey of the Arts Galway, Ireland

Abbey of the Arts, in partnership with The Dancing Word, produces albums to inspire soulful connection to ancient monks and mystics, to Celtic practice and tradition, to the sacred feminine, and to Earth and her creatures.

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