The Marsh Has Eyes/Astrid

[Intro, Wetland Night, Whispered Cherokee Female Voice] The frogs stopped first Then the insects Then my owl looked east [Distinct Female Throat Singing, Deep Overtone Drone, Solo and Exposed] Something is coming It thinks I haven't seen it [Whisper] Let it think that [Verse 1, Deep Earthy Contralto] Bare feet beneath the water Reeds bending at my knees No wind moves through the marsh Still something moves the trees The heron leaves the shallows The blackbird leaves the pine Every creature knows the warning Long before it reaches mine [Pre-Chorus, Tribal Pulse, Low Female Throat Singing Underneath] Water carries every footstep Mud remembers where you've been You can hide yourself from people You cannot hide from this [Chorus, Layered Female Harmonies, Distinct Throat-Sung Undertone] The marsh has eyes The marsh has ears It knows the weight Of everything that enters here The marsh has eyes And so do I Nothing crosses through these waters Without touching something alive [Female Throat Singing Solo, Deep Overtone Harmonics, Owl Call] [Verse 2, Intimate Contralto] Rain speaks against my shoulders Thunder answers from afar Roots are drinking underneath me Owls are watching through the dark You stepped softly through the cattails Thinking silence made you wise But silence isn't emptiness It's where a thousand senses hide [Pre-Chorus, Ankle Bells, Tribal Rhythm] The insects stopped before you came The water changed beneath the moon My owl turned toward the eastern reeds I knew [Chorus, Powerful Controlled Female Voice] The marsh has eyes The marsh has ears It knows the weight Of everything that enters here The marsh has eyes And so do I Nothing crosses through these waters Without touching something alive [Ritual Break, Percussion Falls Away, Distinct Female Throat Singing] [Creole, Whispered Female] Marè a ka gadé tout bagay Dlo-a ka sonjé chak pa Van-an ka pòté vwa lannwit Mwen ka kouté lè latè ka palé [English Translation, Soft Female Voice] The marsh watches everything The water remembers every step The wind carries the voices of night I listen when the earth speaks [Female Throat Singing, Solo, Deep Resonant Overtone Drone] [Rain, Reeds, Frogs, Distant Thunder, Owl Call] [Whisper] My owl saw you first [Pause] I saw you before that [Final Verse, Bare Female Voice] I do not command the water I do not order wind or rain I listen when the earth is speaking I remember every name I am neither storm nor shadow Neither omen, curse, nor sign I am standing here among them One life Among a million lives [Final Chorus, Tribal, Female Harmonies, Powerful Female Throat Singing] The marsh has eyes The marsh has breath Roots below And wings above And countless lives between The marsh has eyes And so do I [Music Falls Away, Throat Singing Remains Alone] [Distinct Female Throat Singing, Low Fundamental with Strong Overtone Harmonics] [Outro, Whispered] The frogs stopped first Remember that [Owl Call] [End]