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Western Tidal Swell
03:37
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Wild grasses grow on the moorland bare
The smell of salty seaweed that lingers in the ocean air
Oh I yearn, oh I yearn, oh I yearn to be a bairn
To explore the land before it’s my turn
Drink from Kilmory well
Forever you’ll be bound
To Shearwaters on the slopes of Hallival
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Hostile waters sit between us
A land of red deer, ponies, otters and eagles
Oh I pine, oh I pine, oh I pine for that coastline
To climb mountains forged in volcanic decline
Drink from Kilmory well
Forever you’ll be bound
To Shearwaters on the slopes of Hallival
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Twenty miles southwest pining
For your final breath
Venture northeast across
Migration paths, misleading depths
The water I must drink
Drained from sandstone and mountains so distinct
It has me under its spell
Wrapped in tidal swell
It has me under its spell
Wrapped in tidal swell
Drink from Kilmory well
Forever you’ll be bound
To Shearwaters on the slopes of Hallival
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
Brutal beauty wrapped in western tidal swell
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2. |
Mary Anning
04:53
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Begins with a storm
Poor child who’s struck by lightning
Nothing special to show this world
She will explore and make her name
Taught by her father
There’s stones to crack and bones to track
So search the sands near the harbour
They sold their curiosities
She sells seashells by the seashore
The shells she sells are seashells I’m sure
Fortune placed an inspiration
Of what she might one day become
A woman of knowledge and independence
With books her path has now begun
Out on her own in clear defiance
Helped by four-legged company
Unearthed an ancient ocean giant
Now the world will know her name
She sells seashells by the seashore
The shells she sells are seashells I’m sure
Naivety is clear to see
Wiped from their memories
For breaking ground in man's dominion
They’re after my compliance
They shut the door on my discoveries
Bought my name scrubbed it out
Bought my name scrubbed it out
Told me beyond any doubt
Only men contend in science
One day I’ll contend in science
She sells sea shells
Stone girl bone girl out on your own girl
She sells sea shells
Stone girl bone girl out on your own girl
After the storm
She returns, longing for discovery
To be met by
The boundaries of society
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3. |
Tipalt Burn
04:08
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Said the burn to the wall
You’re new to this place
I have pearls to share
Of how this world rests and wakes
In the borderlands
It’s barren and it’s bleak
You can’t confine the water
Within this creek
Said the wall to the burn
Six years until I’ve gripped
I’m ten feet wide to the Tyne
And a turf wall to Solway’s coastal drift
In the borderlands
It’s barren and it’s brisk
Roman power, gains by the hour
Brick upon brick
We breath in
We breath in
Said the burn to the wall
There’s use within your tumbled brick
You’re slumped in the ground
Here’s a chance to repurpose relics
In the borderlands
You’re making your home
Nature’s gift will give you
A licence to roam
We breath in, the breath of our common land
We breath in, the breath of our common land
Said the wall to the burn
I’m ready to make my peace
Fallen by design
Insects outlived Roman chiefs
In the borderlands
My soul is in decline
It’s time to be scattered, where it matters
Transposed in locals lives
We breath in, the breath of our common land
We breath in, the breath of our common land
We breath in, the breath of our common land
We breath in, the breath of our common land
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4. |
May You Find Time
03:39
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May you find time to greet the ocean
Feel air on your cheeks
Take baths in wild waters
Pebbles under your feet
Look for tides to take your sorrow
Let currents take you
Wild lands you’re free to borrow
To your island go
May you find time to build a nest
Home where art can grow
Tales that even the stones won’t forget
No sense in letting them go
Look for tides to take your sorrow
Let currents take you
Wild lands you’re free to borrow
To your island go
May you find time to seek the things
That make you feel at home
Wooden floors, a whistling kettle
Hear the wood stove groan
Look for tides to take your sorrow
Let currents take you
Wild lands you’re free to borrow
To your island go
May you find time to love another
Explore the world as a pair
Share all you have
All you have is to share
Look for tides to take your sorrow
Let the current take you
Wild lands you’re free to borrow
To your island
Look for tides to take your sorrow
Let the current take you
Wild lands you’re free to borrow
To your island go
To your island go
To your island, to your island,
To your island go
To your island, to your island,
To your island go
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5. |
Fingal & Bran
04:49
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Early riser greets the day
His giant bones have giant aches
He sees his oldest friend, tethered to a mossy stone
Out he goes, to greet his old canine companion
For years we explored peaty wastelands
Blown barren by westlin winds
Together we built causeways and caves
We learnt with time that all things fade
But we still have
We still have each other
Aged Titan’s past his prime
His old friend Bran is moving slower
Soon they’ll hear three knocks in tow
But to spite tide and tide, they’ll protect one another
For years we explored peaty wastelands
Blown barren by westlin winds
Together we built causeways and caves
We learnt with time that all things fade
But we still have
We still have each other
Here lies Bran, my old companion
Since a pup always by my side
Light has left me now, all I am is getting older
Soon we’ll sit by the river
Recount our time on Earth
Until then I’ll weep for
My old canine companion
Together we built causeways and caves
We learnt with time that all things fade
Together we built causeways and caves
We learnt with time that all things fade
For years we explored peaty wastelands
Blown barren by westlin winds
Together we built causeways and caves
We learnt with time that all things fade
Together we built causeways and caves
We learnt with time that all things fade
But we still have
Oh we still have each other
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6. |
Schiehallion
04:21
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How do you measure the weight of the earth
The sun the moon and all our neighbours
Just an only lonely mountain
And tricks of scientific labour
Caught by surprise
Mythical animals run and ride
How do you measure the weight of the earth
The fairy hill of Caledonia
Summer days spent taking measurements
Music made from mathematics
Deep in the pines
Mythical animals meet cautious minds
With the stars in their place
Beneath Schiehallion knows it’s weight
How do you measure the worth of man
They’re built of flesh and bones and water
Desire for knowledge sets them aside
Despite a tendency to falter
Inside the hill
Mythical animals inspire human will
Contour lines
Bind Schiehallion in my mind
Now that we’ve measured the weight of the earth
The sun the moon and all our neighbours
What’s left to do but to celebrate
Knowing what we know from nature
Long into the night
A local fiddler's tune ignites
Alone in the sky
We toast Schiehallion goodbye
We toast Schiehallion goodbye
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7. |
Mermaid
04:20
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In the far far north lay a gloom ridden shore
That jutted out into the cruel loch
The promise of a castle littered it’s rocks
A tower so high for culprits of self indulgent wars
Dark days that befall
Those dark days that befall
Macleod he lay, lay fortuneless
The castle build was cut short
‘Til the devil said “I’ll pay if you sell your soul”
“My soul may not be bought but
My daughters hand you may behold
Daughters hand you may behold”
So away they wed and they went to bed
The daughters heart led astray
Deceit had sealed her fate
The tower that stood in wait
Under blankets of highland grey
A blanket of highland grey
Fooled by her own blood
On the edge of the tower she stood
The stormy highland gaze blew mightily
As she plummeted to the bottom violently
To spine chilling celtic waters
Spine chilling celtic waters
To this day her presence haunts the loch
Her body deformed by the shoreside
She lurks in the depths, tries to hide
But now she resides
As the mermaid of Assynt
The mermaid of Assynt
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8. |
Headspace
01:51
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This mad little place
With no one around to fill up my headspace
Hot, bothered, chilly and blue
Oh how I love you
Oh how I do
Coiled into bark
With knots too deep to unwind in the dark
I think this is a little overdue
Oh I love you
Oh I do
As time’s flown and I’ve grown
On my own a stones throw
As time’s flown and I’ve grown
To love you
Oh I do
Oh I love you
Oh I do
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9. |
Crossroads
04:42
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Wait till morning, rest your head
First light I’ll take you dancing, we can sin before we’re dead
I want to swing you around in my arms
And move with you until my legs work no more
I’ve never held anyone like this before
To risky to lose my life for one brief moment
And then if were caught I couldn’t love you anymore
All we’d breath is soil and be turned to dust once more
They met at the crossroads where east meets west
Fiddle in hand he taught her the dance at its simplest
Step by step he drew her closer
The hours flew right by into the sunset
You showed me how to live on our own land
Against armoured boots who hurt ‘cause they can
Let’s take our chance meet tomorrow where I’ll be
On our crossroads we can dance and love we can be free
She waited
How could she know that he’d been hunted in his sleep
For breaking a law which deprives people their own tradition
She’ll wait there each day to return what was given
I’ll be at the crossroads where east meets west
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10. |
The Poet & The Painter
03:38
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She writes in crisp pages
In her diary
She writes of times
She could be
Sunlight paints this scottish skyline
In auburn heights
Sunlight shines through your eyes
Blinds you
The line that you drew
Across the page from where I see me and you
A palette of blue
That swirls around you
A canvas your brushes choose
Weeks pass back in her apartment
She sings oh sweetly
She sings
Away her soul
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11. |
Humankind
02:26
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Halfway around this lake
Bird song soothes my aches
There’s peace in solitude
A peace that’s made a fool by you
May you find, in due time
Fog will rise, at the crossing
May you find, then rewind
Some of your time, for humankind
Could I forget myself
On the way back to where we lay
Raindrops cascade
Off the home we made for a couple of days
May you find, in due time
What we need, is a soul
To follow us
Only to remind that
When we fall, and we all fall
Someone will be there to hear us
May you find, then rewind
Some of your time, for humankind
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Iona Lane Scotland, UK
‘Hallival’ is the long awaited debut album from Glasgow-based folk singer and songwriter Iona Lane. Having found herself fascinated by folklore & stories from across the UK ‘Hallival’ is inspired by natural landscapes, scientific discoveries, equality, human relationships & the supernatural, all tied together by a strong sense of place and a love for being in wild places. ... more
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