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Beneath a Phrygian Sky (Gordian Version) - Loreena McKennitt



     
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The moonlight it was dancing
On the waves, out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered
In a shimmering galaxyA voice from down the ages
So in haunting in its song
These ancient stones will tell us
Our love must make us strongThe breeze it wrapped around me
As I stood there on the shore
And listened to this voice
Like I never heard beforeOur battles they may find us
No choice may ours to be
But hold the banner proudly
The truth will set us freeMy mind was called across the years
Of rages and of strife
Of all the human misery
And all the waste of lifeWe wondered where our God was
In the face of so much pain
I looked up to the stars above

To find you once againWe travelled the wide oceans
Heard many call your name
With sword and gun and hatred
It all seemed much the sameSome used your name for glory
Some used it for their gain
Yet when liberty lay wanting
No lives were lost in vainIs it not our place to wonder
As the sky does weep with tears
And all the living creatures
Look on with mortal fearIt is ours to hold the banner
Is ours to hold it long
It is ours to carry forward
Our love must make us strongAnd as the warm wind carried
Its song into the night
I closed my eyes and tarried
Until the morning lightAs the last star it shimmered
And the new sun's day gave birth
It was in this magic moment
Came this prayer for mother earthReprise:The moonlight it was dancing
On the waves, out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered
In a shimmering galaxyA voice from down the ages
So haunting in its song
The ancient stones will tell us
Our love must make us strong.

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Canadian singer and composer Loreena McKennitt is self-managed, self-produced and head of her own record label - Quinlan Road. In a recording career spanning three decades, McKennitt's “eclectic Celtic” music has won critical acclaim worldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awards in fifteen countries across four continents. Her most successful record is 1997's "The Book of Secrets", which spun off the single "The Mummers' Dance", a surprise hit on American Top 40 and alternative rock radio.

McKennitt blends world-music with folk, Celtic and exotic Mediterranean sounds using instruments such as the hurdy gurdy, kanoun, uilleann pipes, Turkish clarinet, bouzouki and nyckelharpa alongside traditional instruments like guitar, drums and bass and the harp, piano and accordion, the three instruments she plays.

Born in Morden, Manitoba, Canada in February 17, 1957, Loreena moved to Stratford, Ontario, Canada in 1981, where she still resides. She has acted and sung in, and composed music for, Stratford Festival of Canada productions ranging from The Tempest (1982) to The Merchant Of Venice (2001).

Her recording career began in 1985 with the album Elemental. In the fledgling years of her label Quinlan Road, Loreena ran its operations from her kitchen table, selling recordings by mail order and producing her own concert tours across the country. Quinlan Road's catalogue is currently distributed around the world by Warner Music (US), Universal Music (Canada and other territories including Italy and Spain) and a number of independents including Keltia Music (France) and SPV (Germany).

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