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Katherine Cove
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Old roads to take you home
through these foreign fields where you awoke at dawn
to a golden change, the warmth in stones;
a slow thaw to this winter of war.
For Katherine Cove. Katherine Cove.
Some day soon I shall return, my love.
All the widows flock to where the church bells sound,
My keepsakes worn down in my hands
And the names get noted through the towns.
All of your sons are blooded now.
Katherine Cove. Katherine Cove.
Some day soon I shall return, my love.
I’m so far from God here, so far from home.
In my weakest hours I kept you close.
She is within me, she is my place of rest
Drawing closer now with every step
and of all the things I left behind.
She is a whisper in me, she plays on my mind.
Katherine Cove. Katherine Cove.
Some day soon I shall return, my love.
I’m so far from God here, so far from home.
In my weakest hours I kept you close.
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Summer Is Nearly Over
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Sing a song of wisdom for summer's children
And their bodies broken and their hands clutching stars
Cradle summer's fallen in the arms that you once bore them
And the sea comes crawling to lick their wounds
And summer is nearly over and we are not yet safe
We could hide away, find peace in some shaded place
Because the sun seems too strong
And the rain, of course, she washes everything away
Into the sea into it's belly where summer's children play
Come down with me now to where summer missed in its rage
Come down I want you to fathom the deeper me
As the songs of summer went down in numbers
And the moments lost their speed
I felt a shiver, I heard some golden whisper
That seemed to call after me
Come down with me now to where summer missed in its rage
Come down I want you to fathom the deeper me
Follow me down, follow me down, follow me down to summer's graves
Come down with me now I will show you tragic things
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The Sleeping Years London, UK
The Sleeping Years is the solo project for Dale Grundle, formerly of the Catchers.
‘We’re becoming Islands One by One’,
showcases Dale’s exquisitely crafted, highly personal songs, influenced by the language and culture of Northern Ireland.
Guardian: ‘his voice breaks exquisitely between hope and despair in songs that the acoustic guitar was invented for’
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