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lyrics

I stand before the water and
I think of my beloved
how it scares me how it scares me
to be leaving him behind now
and I think he’d be surprised to
find me sounding so coherent
find me sound of mind and body
when he thought me long-surrendered
to the cruel grip of madness
like a stone that sinks in water
and the water
and the water
calls me in

I stand before the water and
I look at my reflection
see the empty-eyed young woman
see the wilting bunch of flowers
there is rosemary for remembering
there are pansies for the thinking
will he think, will he remember
or dismiss it all as fancy
and I drop them one by one
and send them floating in the water
and the water
and the water
calls me in

And I thought it would be kinder
if they thought it wasn’t me
thought a force beyond my power
was the one that drove my hand
And I tried so hard to find a way
some other way to go
but my footsteps always take me to the water…

I stand before the water and
and I find myself a woman
standing naked for the first time
with her lover, and I step in
and I find myself a small girl
jumping joyful in a puddle
and I sink in and I find myself
an infant in the darkness
of the womb that holds her gently
and I’m safe now in the water
and the water
and the water
calls me in

credits

from Hanging by a Hair, released October 1, 2017
Lyrics and music by Marilisa Valtazanou.

Marilisa: Vocals, guitar
Mich: Vocals
Counterpoint lyrics: William Shakespeare
Counterpoint melody: Mich

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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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