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lyrics

Here I stand upon the shore, a million stones beneath me,
each a story yet untold, countless lifetimes sleeping.

Here I stand beneath a sky streaked with clouds of gray.
It stretches farther than my mind begins to comprehend.

A whipping wind urges me, rips fear from my frame –
a carrion feast for those that feed on the bygone bits of me.

Before me lies a pale blue sea, the water cold and deep.
I will build a sturdy boat to safely carry me…

… beyond the sea, to mountain peaks that wait to be traversed.
Among their snowy creases, I will wend a course.

A whipping wind urges me, rips fear from my frame –
a carrion feast for those that feed on the bygone bits of me.

The path is long and beautiful, in all directions goes.
The path is long and beautiful, in all directions goes.
The path is long, so long. The path is long, so long.
The path is long and beautiful, in all directions goes.

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from Migration, released June 9, 2016
Written by: Heather Stewart

Performed by:
Heather Stewart: lead vocals and piano
Arkadi Futerman: guitar
Charles Earnshaw: electric bass
Natasha Price: flute
Kathryn “Kat” Moore: cello

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