1. |
Run
02:28
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LYRICS:
Hard, fast ride.
Blink of an eye.
Run to the angels
’fore you die.
Howlin’ wind
bites at your skin,
draws blood to show you
you’re alive.
Yeah, alive.
Winter’s near.
No time to fear
darkness. They’re calling you,
my dear.
Do you hear?
In your head,
sickness and dread.
Your heart can lead your soul
instead,
if you run.
Yeah, run.
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2. |
Wade
02:18
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LYRICS:
Wade where the water
flows to sea.
Don’t hear their voices
call to me.
’Cuz I’m floatin’
where I’m feelin’,
and I’m learnin’
to be.
Drift so the undertow
pulls me in.
Come up for air when I’m
done breathin’.
Yeah, there’s no fear
when I’m out here,
and my old tears
dive in.
There in the distance
lies a shore.
Treadin’ deep water, and
I am more.
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3. |
Missing
04:44
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LYRICS:
Face turned down.
Long hair hiding her smile from view.
She’s gone missing from the world.
She can’t listen and be heard,
too.
Mouths so wide,
their lips chatter all day and night.
She stopped waiting for her turn.
She’s not missing every word.
No.
Hands held high,
waving to her, but it’s goodbye.
She’s gone missing from the world.
She blows kisses, but they’re all
for her.
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4. |
Never Coming Out
03:50
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LYRICS:
Out in the world,
I walk around.
But, I can only step through shadows in the crowd.
So, now I close
my door to you,
and I will sit and face the window to the truth.
Sun pour in.
Shine on doubt.
In these walls are the answers.
I’m never coming out.
Here on my own,
I am among
the loving quiet and the mystery of one,
for I am all.
And, all are we.
That is why I’m never lonely,
and I lock myself away where I can be.
I am free.
Sun pour in.
Shine on doubt.
In these walls are the answers.
I’m never coming out.
Sun pour in.
Shine on doubt.
In these walls are the answers.
I’m never coming out.
Oh, never.
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5. |
Rain
03:08
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LYRICS:
Rain falls lightly on your face,
hiding every trace
of tears.
They laugh to make you cry.
But, heavens part your clouds
and sigh.
You are like the only bloom
in a dying garden.
Raise your petals to the sun,
for you are the blessed one.
True, you never had a chance.
But, now the circumstance
reveals
wind is howling through your soul
and whistles a love song
you know.
Rain sparkles like your jewels
set into the crowns of fools.
Shine and glisten ’til they see.
And, if they won’t, you must
believe.
Shine and glisten so they see.
But, if they don’t, well, I
believe.
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6. |
Roots
03:18
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Song inspired by this haiku poem by Jenny Bienemann:
We are here and gone
a moment in time, fleeting
and yet eternal
LYRICS:
Night is falling.
Lilacs pierce the darkness with the
scent of time.
Shadows hide the
wisdom of my garden ’til the
moon shines.
And soon my heart will go to sleep
as life grows where the roots are deep.
Morning welcomes
all the green around me where I
toiled before.
In my stillness
I can feel a flower kiss my
face to mourn,
for now my heart has gone to sleep.
But, I am bigger than the weeds.
And so I planted every seed,
’cuz life grows where the roots are deep.
Life grows where the roots are deep.
Yeah, life grows there.
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Kathy Greenholdt Chicago, Illinois
Chicago singer-songwriter Kathy Greenholdt wrangles with human desires, spiritual questions, and the natural world in brightly dark folk-rock. More music at: www.KathyGreenholdt.com
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