Memories Lyrics
All contents copyright Mariah Ver Hoef, 2009
“The First Wildflower”Leaves of brown On the ground Melted out From last year Green buds On the bow Of all The tall trees In blue skies Clouds sail by Paying their respects To the first Chorus: Wildflower On the mountain Same purple and blue As the rainbow a brow the hill Wildflower On the mountain Let me sit with you And watch the season unfurl In the valley Below The snow Is almost gone The birds Are singing Telling us It's spring In blue skies Clouds sail by Paying their respects To the first Chorus The sun In the sky Waves goodbye Chorus "Waterfall"She stands on the crest of a hill With her face to the wind Recalling all those times That she spent listening To that voice which sang her to sleep Singing her mother's songs She peers through the leaves At the waterfall On the mountain Dancing In the sun Fifteen years now She's been in this world Though it may seem young to some She is not a little girl All over this earth She has traveled Yet though all this time Still here her heart id held By the waterfall On the mountain Dancing In the sun She stands on the crest of a hill With her face to the wind "Blue Moon"Great round eyes Shining down Glowing gold in the night On a branch Of a tall spruce Struggling to survive this harsh world she lives in Chorus: And the blue moon in rising Above the tallest mountain In the distance by the pale blue light She spreads her wings Ready for flight Bows her head And jumps into the sky Mother of five Brown and white Trying to stay alive A nest full of young Hungry time to hunt Flying all night yet her work has just begun Chorus She must not delay Or hwer pray Will find a way to escape It really is a matter Of life or death Not only for her but for her young as well Chorus She swoops Down to the ground comes up A squirrel in her grasp She lets out a sigh As she lands She knows her babies won't freeze tonight Chorus "Shores of Ireland"My name is Arin And I'll tell you a tale Of my great, great grandmother When she was a wee girl She lived in the village Where the sea meets the moors And one misty evening She went in search for flowers Chorus: On the shores of Ireland The cliffs dropped away And the water writhed Wave after wave Crashing, flying, salty spray And over the roar Of the sea upon the shore There ca me an unearthly music From across the wild moors The song called to her heart She dropped her boquet And set out over the heather To see for where it came She had not gone far She was lost in mist all around And all she could do then was Follow the haunting sound The sky grew dark Yet the music played on Growing steadily louder All the time Then the moon came out She emerged from the mist And there on a rock A silhouette sits Chorus The song faded away And the figure turned to see Who had interrupted The lovely melody It rose to it's feet Eyes shone through the night All the beauty of the world One face in the moonlight In a voice like the wind Howling through the eves Of an old shack It spoke with unease Tell me wee lass Why ye come to me The spirit of music Is there something that ye seek Chorus My young great grandmother Didn't know what to say And take with her silence The spirit slipped away Then she cried No please wait Fair spirit Just tell me your name The small shape paused On the wind it came Floating across the heather Kara is my name Now some folks say If you listen and you might You can still hear her That strange song in the night Chorus "Her Home"Wings as white as snow Cobwebs on the wind A face as fair as moonlight Hair as black as coal A gown of silver Hangs on a tiny frame (hangs on a tiny frame) While eyes like glowing sapphires Look out across her domain Chorus: And the rain falls on the flowers In the meadow While the petals act as a shelter Where she's made her home Tall blades of grass Shimmer in lakes of green And the wind toys with the willow By a restless stream Drops of water Turn the surface to rings While the sprinkle of their soft music As they light upon the leaves Chorus A tiny heart beats In a chest still quite young A whole life lies before her There is much yet to come Tonight the world may drown Tomorrow it will dry (tomorrow it will dry) And with the light of the dawn She will spread her wings and fly Chorus And the rain falls on the flowers In the meadow While the petals act as a shelter For a fairy's home "In Time"It will soon be dark yet the day is yet young The sun doesn't seem to want to stay long He doesn't seem to want to wait 'till night has truly come before he turns around again For we're just a short stop on his way Around the world He carries the day On his shoulders He shines away the night Like he's always done Chorus: And the wind blows And the tree grows And the birds fly Snow falls And the eagle calls And the living die Roses bloom Beneath the moon In time Like the light the warmth has faded as well The cold has gained control And under her cruel rule the ice has frozen Over The land stands still and white Like she's in waiting Though she's cold and dark She is beautiful Chorus The dream is growing clearer all the time Petals unfurling To the midnight sky Reaching up for the stars The horizon melts into the sky As the last scrap of light Falls to the other side Into their waiting arms Chorus "My Life"Maybe I didn't win my race So I came in seventeenth I just lost a little faith That's all I can still laugh That is enough Some of this stuff Is so small Chorus: And all my worries and regrets All the times that I've cried Can't abide to the many times That I have smiled And I just keep breathing My heart keeps beating I will not stop living My life Maybe it aint light right now The stars are winking out Waiting for the moon to fall down Through the sky But darkness can blind So I'm keeping in mind The sun still shines Somewhere Chorus Winter seems so long Stretching on and on Till it's too far gone Up ahead Among the ice and snow There's a lining of white gold Set with friends as strong as stone That it'd never trade Chorus |
"Grey Stone"Days roll away, Seasons change Yet I stay the same Grey stone The same birds fly The same clouds fill the sky The same pose dies Alone I am a statue My name has been forgotten I've stood here for a thousand years Where no one's found me since I once had a story But that was lost long ago Now only I truly know In the silence Life goes on All around Running on the ground While I am standing still Time alters everything But somehow I'm missing From that ring I always will I am a statue My name has been forgotten I've stood here for a thousand years Where no one's found me since I once had a story But that was lost long ago Now only I truly know In the silence "Memories"I can still hear The waves upon the shore I can still see The birds above me We walked us three Along the beach Out of the rain On the coast of Spain I remember it clearly As though it was yesterday Though I was only eight In my mind it is engraved Chorus: Memories Of the past years A song hanging on To times long gone No way to bring them back I know that and yet I treasure them still I'm only human after all I can still feel The sun upon the hill I can still hear The wind in my ears You stand by me Laughing in the breeze Watching our kite fly And dance in the sky My childhood Is still mine to hold I'll never let it go No matter how old I may grow Chorus In every little twist There's something to be gained When I find them I'll remember It might be coming around again Chorus "River"Winding past mountains so high Under a starry spangled sky The only sounds are the rustling leaves As they stir in a midnight breeze Chorus: I am a river Wild and free Unpredictable On my way to the sea I don't know Just where I'm going I don't really care so long As I'm free The moon shines down on my rippling water And over the wind you can hear my laughter The moon's come out to play tonight So I will dance with the moonlight Chorus Here comes the mournful wolf cry Haunting the stillness of the valley A lone figure on the ridge above Calling out for a long lost love Chorus Chorus I am a river On my way I don't know I don't know No I don't know I am a river "Winter's Eyes"It's dark outside I know The new fallen snow Covers up the ground Where my home stands Was it only yesterday When the white came My yesterdays and tomorrows Walk hand in hand Down he streets Of my mind Worn by the hundreds of feet Of my memories and dreams Left far behind But I won't cry for them Though they are gone For they are all just a part Of moving on Chorus: And I cant sleep tonight But that's alright It's cold across this line Yet I'm fine Because I have everything that I need Right here It is that time When everything is magical But soon the novelty will fade And it will become just one more day In our lives That still run in patterns And when the earth turns So do we So hold on tight Let's ride 'til our race is run And when we have won Let us stand up and shout We just spun the sun And every tear that falls From the sky Is turned to white By winter's eyes Chorus And every tear that falls From the sky Is turned to white By winter's eyes Chorus The sun will shine again At least that much I know It never yet has failed before Time will keep rolling on Just like it has always done The hands behind the glass Keep spinning around That old face That never shows it's age But watches me with those eyes To remind me I still have time For I am yet young There's so much left for me So many roads to come So many nights to sleep Chorus "Green Moon"The green pearl sails tonight To take me away from here And I want to say goodbye I hope I return here Someday Chorus: And the inches are rising on the window frame From the snow falling outside And I'm watching the flames dance lower Goodbye my friend, goodbye I am off on a quest Upon the untamed seas In search of a new life For my heart and me Someday Chorus Fare-thee-well, mother Fare-thee-well, father Fare-thee-well, my brother We will see each other Again someday Chorus The green pearl sails tonight To take me away from here And I want to say goodbye I hope I return here Someday, Someday Someday, Someday Soon "The Wild Roses"I cant stay here in the rain another day This castle is bound to fall The cruel wind is blowing against the stones On these cold, cobbled walls And the wild roses And the wild roses And the wild roses They call me Jazmyn from far away Princess of foreign lands I stand with pearls scattered in my hair Fallen petals against the midnight strands From these wild roses From these wild roses From these wild roses I am to wed today without a care I am betrothed I am a bride and should be overjoyed Yet I'm crying alone in this grove With the wild roses With the wild roses With the wild roses It is the same sky The same sun, the same moon That I loved so long ago In my home Above those wild roses Above those wild roses Above those wild roses I am here and I accept my fate Far from home with not a friend The only ones that seem to understand Are in this garden The wild roses The wild roses The wild roses I am going to be a queen How bad can that be They'll love me and I'll learn to do my best For this country And my wild roses And my wild roses And my wild roses My wild roses My wild roses My wild roses The wild roses "Take My Hand"Little girl wont you come With me tonight Grab your well loved bear And hold on tight I can take you Far and wide I can show you There's nothing to hid And we'll fly away on a rainbow Across an emerald sky The green earth stretches below And the galaxies up high Chorus: Take my hand and we will sail away Far from the light of day Take my hand and we will climb up high Right into the sky Take my hand and we will start To walk among the stars Take my hand and we will be there soon To dance with the moon Come on little unicorn So bright Like a beacon on the hill In the night Like a snowflake So white With your golden horn Come with us tonight And we'll fly away on a rainbow Across an emerald sky The green earth stretches below And the galaxies up high Chorus I see you little fairy In the tall grass Please come out We've something to ask Wont you come With us to travel We're going on an adventure To another world And we'll all fly away on a rainbow Across an emerald sky The green earth stretches below And the galaxies up high Chorus Take my hand and we will be there soon And I'll dance with you |
