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Rainbows

from The Aviary by Ana Silvera

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Recorded live at the Roundhouse Studios, February 2011.

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Ever of faithless heart
My only allegiance is song
The flight and perch of birds
Half glimpsed on secret garden walls

Why must I always go
When the going's only good?
When the fight is overthrown
I'm sorry darling, I'm no good

"Stay in touch", he said
As I descended the stairs
Oh I still feel his touch
It's travelled miles with me, I swear

I poured rainbows down his throat
Sweet as cherry, thick as rope
He shook me till the touch light woke
Until this sin was worthy, beyond reproach

How can I redress
A river run to the sea?
It's too late to regret
The one I promised I would be

And though I act the part
I feel I'm just a ghost
Oh I still love my heart
But my head's been turned by a restless ghost

He drank whiskey, I drank gin
Our words were caverns to dive in
To trace the curve, to climb the arc
This holy light, this precious dark

"Stay in touch", he said
As I descended the stairs
Oh I still feel his touch
It's travelled miles with me, I swear

I poured rainbows down his throat
Sweet as cherry, thick as rope
He shook me till the touch light stirred
Until this sin was flew like a brace of birds

credits

from The Aviary, released March 12, 2012
Ana Silvera - vocals, piano
Drums - Will Roberts
Bass - Kuma Harada

Recorded by Dave Dix
Released by KMC Recordings

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Ana Silvera London, UK

'Stunning...magical storytelling' -The Guardian

Ana Silvera is a London-born singer- songwriter and composer whose folk and bluegrass-tinged tunes are lyrical, intimate and emotive, works of ‘lavish, vivid imagination’ (Metro). ... more

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