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Waiting when the magpie calls (acoustic reprise)

from Silence of Birds by The Sheiling

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Waking When the Magpie Calls

Waking when the magpie calls
it's easy how a summer stalls
what was right now seems so wrong
in some dark place these words belong

To heal a wound we press down tight
we lay in silence all the night
all the time we had was dear
we kept something in the future clear

All the stubborn season does
is write again the line we know
and lay another patch on punctured dreams
there comes a rain to wash away
the heavy banks of all their mud
in the broken castle one last column leans

World is weary, wise, unwise,
less certain than a smile implies
turn to me & let me through
the door you're always running to -

Waking when the magpie calls
it's easy how a summer stalls
what was right now seems so wrong
in some dark place these words belong

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from Silence of Birds, released January 15, 2021

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The Sheiling Aberystwyth, UK

Formed in 2000, THE SHEILING have primarily been a recording band and have produced a number of albums on their miniature UMBRELLA HEAD label – ranging from the folksy ‘A Touch of Rain’ (2000) to the entirely self-penned 'Undiscerned' (2014) . Currently THE SHEILING is
the songwriting duo Steve Blaquire & Dylan Jones.
Work emanates from a wooden shed in mid-Wales, serenaded by owls & robin-song.
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