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Moment of Silence

from Just Beyond by Mich Sampson

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    Mich's first solo album (2006), with beautiful, evocative artwork by Anke Teschke. Full lyrics provided.
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    Guest musicians: Marilisa Valtazanou, Talis Kimberley, Rachel Shurmer, Simon Fairbourn, Martin Gordon-Kerr, Tim Walker, Janet Bolton.

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lyrics

Always on her feet,
She's got her lord in mind,
And there's always servants to instruct - and she mustn't slip behind
On all the weaving, cooking and cleaning that occupies her day,
And if she finds her hands are idle, she'll get her harp and start to play.

And she dreads
That moment of silence -
that's when it comes,
All those hopes and fears that she's spent so long pushing aside, and maybe
She's allowed this one moment of weakness
As long as she don't tell them that when she stops, she cries.

And the war goes on outside the walls,
she tends the injured in her halls,
And sends the kitchen scraps out to the poor.
And she don't sleep much,
For she'd miss too much.
(But the midnight watch is quiet, so she wonders what it's for)

And when the war is over
And her lord returns to home.
She'll pick up love where she left off, and won't let her thoughts turn to that
Poor serving boy who held her close that night -
She won't allow herself to think that what she did was right.

credits

from Just Beyond, released February 9, 2006
Harmony composed by Rachel Shurmer.
Clarinet: Martin Gordon-Kerr
Guitar: Janet Bolton
Bass: Martin Gordon-Kerr
Percussion: Tim Walker

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Playing Rapunzel (Mich Sampson and Marilisa Valtazanou) are an energetic folk duo who share, in powerful harmony, songs of story and myth.

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