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from The Glassy Mountain by Sophie Ramsay

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I might have come here with you in May time instead
We might have kissed beneath those reeds that are taller than our heads

We might perhaps have gaped at green and blossom snow white
We would have walked the woods in daytime and kept each other warm at night
Da-a da...

But there is no space now for speculation and dreaming
The winter snows have taken you, you never saw the spring
Now I come here in January to see this place you loved
To midwinter snow-bloom and branches bare above.
Da-a da...

Now I come with crowds to bring a poem for your deaf ears
While snow muffles footsteps and freezes all our tears
Now we come to watch your coffin lowered to the ground
While the snow and sun obliviously both go down.
Da-a da...

The river is frozen now but time continues on
And takes us further from the moment you suddenly were gone
And out of possibility of other worlds of chance
Turns chance to truth to sorrow in silent, blind advance.

I could shout to the woods now, calling your name
But I know that the answer is always the same.
I have asked of the woods and the woods have replied
“You know well that the answer you seek is inside”

A still wind is blowing the words ‘he is dead’
And I am a widow before I was wed.

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from The Glassy Mountain, released November 2, 2013

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Sophie Ramsay sings old and new folk: songs from her native Scotland alongside originals with poetic lyrics. ‘The Glassy Mountain' (2013): ‘undeniably beautiful’ (fRoots), 'Joanna Newsom meets Belle and Sebastian' (R2). ‘The Seas Between Us’ (2016): 'Atmospheric, elegant and beguiling.' (Songlines). ‘Deeply moving’ (fRoots). Sophie tours regularly with cellist singer Sarah Smout. ... more

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