Starship and Haiku

from Hanging by a Hair by Playing Rapunzel

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lyrics

I am the flaw in the tea-bowl
I will not dance death
I will not lie down here in peace
And release my last breath
All of our hopes have been cast on the reefs and are gone
Still my salt blood reaches out for the sky
Still my warm song touches notes clear and high
Outward I go and I know I will fly a new dawn

Starship and Haiku
Dying hate and living love
Reach beyond our sin

Starship and Haiku
One last flawed reminder of
All we might have been

I am a discord in deathsong I cannot be still
I am an infinite paean a permanent trill
I am a leap to the stars I am song to the sky
Always I shun the bleak burial grounds
Always I listen for life's vibrant sounds
Always my hollow-reed heartbeat resounds with its cry

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from Hanging by a Hair, released October 1, 2017
Music and lyrics by Kathy Mar (based on the book by Somtow Sucharitkul).

Mich: Vocals, piano
Marilisa: Vocals, flute

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Playing Rapunzel Ilford, UK

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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