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Alchemy

from Two Birds by Kirsty McGee

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i brought back more
than you will ever know
stare deep into the blue you'll see
the shapes that move below
i never learned a lesson
that i didn't learn by heart
and when one lesson ends i find,
another lesson starts

and something moved me
in the shadows on his skin
in a place where half-remembered clouds
lie down upon the sea
shiplight and starlight
as the colours disappear
where he paints from photographs
under a pale blue bulb

from the beginning
he held me like a child
no jealousy or envy
he lets my heart run wild
he paints from photographs
of sun and sea and sky
and softly he can play
and something in him haunts me

the water sighs sometimes
when a wave hits solid ground
you can hear the stones sometimes
singing in the sea
there's a sea-change in me -
it's in him too
and though we lost something beautiful
we make ourselves anew

i brought back more
than you will ever know
stare deep into my eyes:
all the sadnesses and things i've seen
it comes like alchemy
makes gold-dust of our hearts
and when one lesson ends i find
another lesson starts.

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from Two Birds, released November 14, 2005

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Kirsty McGee Manchester

A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more

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