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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sam Lee
Sam Lee
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sam Lee
Sam Lee
Songwriter
James Keay
James Keay
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We sowed the seeds of love
We showed them how to sing
Grown with a knowing of something in their blood
Where ceremony begins, begins
When the apron string unpinned
[Verse 2]
My garden was forsook
To weigh in on industry
Raised behind the altar, under oak and ash
I grew to be a bony rowan tree, tree, tree
Freely in my own country
[Verse 3]
But some old oak trees won't twist
For they're brittle beneath the bark
Better that limbs be broke and brought to ground
And service the light to dark, to dark, to dark
We're just servants unto the dark
[Verse 4]
For the gatekeeper can't stand by
For they must be bound to be free
Lightworking the liminal, listening to the land
And fingering at mystery, mystery
Not Sally, free and easy
[Verse 5]
Oh, grief, oh, grief have I
For the songs they go to decay
The garden of England once bloomed its sound assault
Now destined for some bouquet, some bouquet
No roses in this display
[Verse 6]
For the rose, it bore a thorn
A spritz of willful spark
But taming its temper to never pierce the palm
We'll never touch the heart, the heart, the heart
No poison tip to the dart
[Verse 7]
We sowed the seeds of love
We showed them how to sing
Grown with a knowing of wildness in their blood
More than the sum of the everything
[Verse 8]
The old wild never wears thin
Sweet as the birds in the spring, the spring
Home is when the heart sings, heart sings, heart sings
The songs of that tell of our own kith and kin
The old wild never wears thin
Out of decay, new life springs, it springs
As the animal sheds its own skin, its skin
While this pebble rolls its big rings
The old wild never wears thin
The old wild never wears thin
Some of my favorite things
The old wild never wears thin
Written by: James Keay, Sam Lee

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